jeffp wrote:
can we just add that these athletes need to then be held to the same admission standards as every other student at the school, that is, if they are to be paid. cuz we all know many are not. let 'em go from HS to pro. some make it that way. if they want to be paid, just go that route. or, now we just up everyone's tuition to cover new salaries. money has to come from somewhere, many universities are not for profit after all.
how much salary will a 70 person football team take? is the salary the same for all student athletes or just the revenue generating ones. do bench/practice squad folks get salary too? they are putting in just as much effort
edit: looking up possible fake data for my alma mater:
University of Wisconsin - Madison competes in 23 sports and has a total of 1003 student athletes: 465 men and 538 women.
Total Sports Related Revenues$101,490,339Total Sports Related Expenses$99,962,504Net$1,527,835
result would be $1523/athlete
Does that account for facilities maintenance? I read an article awhile ago where managing the stadium, practice facilites etc. for a lot of schools came out of the general budget or capital budget, i.e. anything but the athletics budget to show better numbers.