Should college athletes get paid to play?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Finding paragraph #3
My fifth question that I wanted to answer was how much money do colleges pay their staff for there college teams? I found out in this hurt economy college coaches are getting paid way more then in other years. According to, "USA Today's latest study of compensation reveals that Tedford is one of at least 25 college head football coaches making $2 million or more this season, slightly more than double the number two years ago. The average pay for a head coach in the NCAA's top-level, 120-school Football Bowl Subdivision is up 28% in that time and up 46% in three years, to $1.36 million." This is a really bad thing that I found out in my research and i think with this money that coaches are getting this money can go to the college athletes that make the colleges all the money.
Finding paragraph #2
My third question was do the colleges give back to the community with the money they make off college sports? As I learned from doing research I found out that colleges give a lot of scholarships to not only the student athletes but they also give a lot of academic scholarships to. Colleges also do a lot of things to find their students jobs. My fourth question was how much do the major conference schools make each year? I found out that the schools from the six major conferences make about $31 million dollars each. The total revenue topped over $2 billion dollors last year for the first time.
Finding paragraph #1
My first question was how much do colleges make of winning a national championship? Well i figured out the Texas winning the national championship was the biggest sports profit in college sports history. They had $87 million of revenue that came into the university of Texas and they had a overall $65 million profit after expenses. My second question was how much do colleges make off selling jerseys? Well I found out that there is a huge price difference if you are a huge sports fan and you want to pay $155 for replica jersey or if you are just a casual sports fan you can buy a regular jersey for $55. There was a case earlier this year with a college athlete named A.J. Green and he sold one of his game jerseys for $1000 and was suspended. If everyone is profiting from the sales of A.J. Green’s jerseys it must also profit the college that A.J. Green goes to, the University of Georgia.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Quote, Paraphrase, Summary, and Citation #5
“Texas has no peer when it comes to both revenue and profits, according to figures from the nation's colleges. During the 2008 season, the most recent for which figures are available, Texas took in $87 million in revenue and had a profit of $65 million after reported expenses, both well ahead of any school.” By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer December 31, 2009: 8:25 AM ET
Since Texas had $87 million of revenue and had over $65 million of profit after expenses during the 2008 season. That is a lot of money that the colleges have left over, and they don’t have any money that they could give their college athletes?
Quote, Paraphrase, Summary, and Citation #4
“Are you a Georgia coed who feels the need for a pink version of your favorite wide receiver's jersey? You're in luck; you can snag one for just $55. A really hardcore fan who wants an exact replica jersey? You're in luck; you can buy one in black or red for the low, low price of $150. From jerseys for kids to Nike T-shirts, everyone, it would seem, is profiting off A.J. Green's jersey sales.” (Clay Travis)
This is very interesting that a replica jersey cost $155. If everyone is profiting from the sales of A.J. Green’s jerseys it must also profit the college that A.J. Green goes to, the University of Georgia.
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