Schools wanted out of the Big 12 because the conference revenue-sharing arrangement greatly favored UT. The SEC, B1G (man, I hate that acronym) and Pac-12 all share TV revenue much more equitably. Which is a good deal for the smaller schools, and a great deal for the smaller sports.
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You know what happened. Someone explained to the doofus that if he attacked the players that way, they would leave the program and be welcomed by other universities. Football being one of the few things he could understand, he decided to fold his hand.
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This is true. But the athletic department at a large university is a multi-million dollar business that pays for itself. In state schools like UM the academic side is paid for in part by the state, with the rest covered by tuition and fees and by donations. But the academic side knows not to fuck with the athletes, Apparently this state legislator has been taught this too. The athletic side operates at a completely different financial level.
In 40 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college basketball or football coach; they make more than university presidents, governors, and state judges. At private schools, the salaries can be even more outlandish: Mike Krzyzewski made more than $9.6 million last year for coaching the Duke men’s basketball team, according to salary data released by USA Today.
The top-25 highest-paid college football coaches at public universities receive an average salary of $3.85 million a year, which doesn’t even take into account perks like use of private jets, golf club memberships, and thousands of dollars in other incentives
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/so-how-much-is-a-college-coach-really-worth
Generally, ADs and head coaches make more than university presidents. The university presidents put up with this because a successful athletic program is helpful in recruiting students (and donations) and the athletic program is self-sufficient including the coaches’ high salaries. Besides, there’s not much they can do about it since athletics is highly competitive and coaches’ salaries are driven by market forces. As I say, it’s a dog-eat-dog world.
Because free speech they don’t like costs them . . . . money, votes, etc.
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Guess the booster club spoke up…
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I doubt this racist schmuck had an epiphany and realized he was a racist schmuck. More likely, university boosters explained the facts of life to him about what his racist legislation would do to the future of collegiate sports in Missouri.
It’s just football. It doesn’t mean that my uncompensated NFL farm team is better or worse than your uncompensated NFL farm team. The NCAA is all about the Benjamins…
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Rationalize, bring in “but but but but it’s the market” and say anything you want. The mission of a university is research and teaching. The fact that in the minds of so many Americans these schools are nothing more than sponsors for sports teams is just sad. The schools need to get of out the sports business. Let the teams go semi-pro and let the schools license their names and logos. The schools shouldn’t be in the business of sports themselves.
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Because without football the people would stop and realize that they live in, “Missouri”, then it would be-bye bye and nice to see ya-wouldn’t want to be ya. Then off to a great state like Kansas.
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I guess Guido and Vinny from the SEC Main Office got their message across.
Noodle what might happen if this bill had passed. It goes without saying that MU would be toast as all of its blue chip players ran off to other teams and recruiting became next to impossible. Student Athletes around the country might come to the realization that they are not being adequately compensated for the brain damage and other physical abuse they endure. I can imagine economic strikes across the country. Television, as we know it, would be changed forever. It would become difficult to keep the masses amused on Saturday afternoons. With more time on their hands the great unwashed might realize that they are being screwed by the “establishment.” Some beer drinking football fans might demand more money from their employers. The ripples are totally unknowable but from the perspective of the American oligarchy all bad.
The wanker who sponsored this lamebrain piece of legislation is lucky he didn’t wake up sleeping next to a horses head, or worse. What I am surprised is his co-sponsor apparently didn’t get the same message.
Looks like the republicans discovered that first Amendment thingy.