BleedGopher
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per Bickley:
College football has a greed problem. There are too many accountants and not enough accountability. There is nobody in charge and nobody to blame.
The sport needs to change before their athletes and their gold mine disappear. Before the NFL decides to pay for its own feeder system of talent.
Start with the money swirling overhead, out of reach from the players who generate the product. ESPN is paying $7.3 billion to televise the College Football Playoff over a 12-year period. Three assistant coaches at the University of Michigan are making over $1 million per year. Nick Saban’s $11 million salary in 2017 far exceeds the compensation for any NFL head coach, and there are 24 schools that now earn at least $100 million annually from their sports teams.
These athletic departments are all tax-exempt because they remain under the umbrella of nonprofit universities and colleges. They profit from one of the most lopsided labor relationships in America.
Yeah, I know. Most football players receive academic scholarships, and won’t leave school burdened by grotesque student loans. But their athletic responsibilities come first, and many NFL players will tell you how their class schedule was dictated by their football coach. How some couldn’t pursue degrees of their choice because it interfered with practice. UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen simply says “football and school just don’t go together.”
In return for zero compensation and limited academic freedom, these athletes receive perks, privilege and special status. But instilling a sense of entitlement into college students isn’t exactly quality education. To the contrary, it’s extremely dangerous. It tilts the scales of meritocracy and undermines the school’s academic mission.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...-opens-door-for-nfl-league-bickley/649656001/
Go Gophers!!
College football has a greed problem. There are too many accountants and not enough accountability. There is nobody in charge and nobody to blame.
The sport needs to change before their athletes and their gold mine disappear. Before the NFL decides to pay for its own feeder system of talent.
Start with the money swirling overhead, out of reach from the players who generate the product. ESPN is paying $7.3 billion to televise the College Football Playoff over a 12-year period. Three assistant coaches at the University of Michigan are making over $1 million per year. Nick Saban’s $11 million salary in 2017 far exceeds the compensation for any NFL head coach, and there are 24 schools that now earn at least $100 million annually from their sports teams.
These athletic departments are all tax-exempt because they remain under the umbrella of nonprofit universities and colleges. They profit from one of the most lopsided labor relationships in America.
Yeah, I know. Most football players receive academic scholarships, and won’t leave school burdened by grotesque student loans. But their athletic responsibilities come first, and many NFL players will tell you how their class schedule was dictated by their football coach. How some couldn’t pursue degrees of their choice because it interfered with practice. UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen simply says “football and school just don’t go together.”
In return for zero compensation and limited academic freedom, these athletes receive perks, privilege and special status. But instilling a sense of entitlement into college students isn’t exactly quality education. To the contrary, it’s extremely dangerous. It tilts the scales of meritocracy and undermines the school’s academic mission.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...-opens-door-for-nfl-league-bickley/649656001/
Go Gophers!!