How college athletics has become a boondoggle for everyone but the students

[Knight Shift]

Interesting read. Will Michigan be featured on Real Sports?
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-c...-for-everyone-but-the-students-232051705.html

In 2011, the University of Michigan athletic department employed 253 people, according to state records. Four years later, in 2015, it was 334, up 32 percent.

During that period, the average salary grew 22.4 percent, to $89,851. Over a seven-year span, the number of athletic department employees making six figures went from 30 to 81.
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According to the Macon Telegraph, the University of Georgia paid the entertainer Ludacris $65,000 to perform for 15 minutes prior to last week's spring football game. They also needed to provide food and ground transportation for 10, plus "vodka, cognac, wine, tequila" and "a box of Trojan Magnum condoms." Good times.

It was probably cool that Ludacris was there for 15 minutes. Funding a couple more scholarships might have been cooler.

 

[czxqa]

That's a pretty good read, thanks for posting.

 

[Knight Shift]

That's a pretty good read, thanks for posting.

Still would like to see Michigan highlighted on Real Sports. Fair points raised on how a lot of money is being squandered, and more could go to the student athletes.

 

[Plum Street]

Well , I do think it's a kind of sham the money that are spent on college athletics . But since we are playing big time sports spend , spend , spend and win at almost any cost . Just win baby .
Rutgers problem is that it hire crappy coaches and still has to pay them .

 

[BROTHERSKINNY]

I would love it if RU has the third or fourth best attendance for the spring game. I am going and trying to get my friends to bring the party to RU Sat night. Lets do it RU nation! [cheers]