StingThing
Damn Good Rat
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They can choose to go somewhere else. There's plenty of top-notch schools in this country that don't give two licks about sports.I still think it's ridiculous that college football programs pay coaches such high salaries then turn around, claim a loss, and force mandatory student fees.
I know the usual arguments "coaches are not paid by the school", "football programs increase donations", "the student fees cover the cost of your tickets", etc., but it's ridiculous that there's mandatory student fees for sports. If you want to make them voluntary (e.g. student ticket fees), that's one thing, but why should the impoverished international graduate students that know nothing about American sports be forced to pay fees?
4 of the last 10 World Series' have been won by teams in the bottom half of the salary bracket, including the lowest payroll team in all of baseball (Marlins).We have seen what happens in sports without caps such as MLB. Success goes to the highest bidder.
They can choose to go somewhere else. There's plenty of top-notch schools in this country that don't give two licks about sports.
That's not always an option for many students. There are some labs that only exist on a very limited number of campuses (sometimes just one). Even at the undergraduate level, how many in-state Aerospace Engineering programs are there in Georgia? If you want to be an Aerospace Engineer, and you're not wealthy, you have one option: to pay athletic fees.
Also, how do you reconcile fees that increase while someone is in school? You can't transfer graduate programs.
It is a free market. If a team can generate the revenue to pay these coaches obscene amounts, then who are we to say otherwise. College football is already structured like Major League baseball, to where certain programs(New York Yankees/Boston Red Socks) are always on the top and rarely can other lower market teams compete(KC Royals). Just because smaller market team shout "this isn't fair!" doesn't mean a change should be made. If their fans are not willing to talk with the check book then they should not speak at all. Unfortunately, we are a medium market team, which doesn't bode well for the direction things are heading.
I don't disagree with your point...but this is alot of whining for no good reason. Life isn't fair and alot of it sucks...get over it.
For example professor requires you to buy the 2009 version of a text book instead of the 2007 version because one chapter was changed. You now have to spend $120 on the new book instead of getting a used version for $60. Kicker is that the professor wrote the book, or knows the guy that wrote it, and is just using you to increase his compensation.
How about requiring freshman to have a meal plan, I don't know if this is still done, eventhough that person is disgusted by the slop served at the dining hall and does not eat there.
How often did anyone use the health center at tech??? I know I only went once in 5 years and yet I paid my health fees.
When it all boils down, the average graduate student is there on student loans and the extra couple hundred bucks in fees is not going to change his decision or alter his life or cause him financial hardship as he pays it back.
tl;dr - college coaches make a boatload of money, what should be done about it?
Answer - nothing. Either the coaches are worth it and the school prospers or they aren't and the school suffers. In the end it will work itself out like free markets are supposed to if we leave it alone.
Move along.