"The rest [$255 million of $267 million] was used to pay for coaches, administrators and money-losing sports -- basically, all others except football."

FINALLY!! Someone actually says that the revenue-producing sports like basketball--and football--supports most, if not all, of the other sports.
That has been implied for a long time; here is the first time I've seen someone say that in a study and seem to back it up.

Ok, now before the Title IX, Women's Sports Foundation, and AAUW crybabies jump in about how unfair this is, please answer these:

(A) WIthout football or men's basketball, how many women's sports that are supported by the monies would exist, even with favorable court rulings and laws? (For that matter, how many MEN'S sports would exist?)

(B) Please explain to me how "fair" it is (or was) when D-I basketball schools have 13 men's scholarships . . . and 15 women's scholarships?

(C) For those advocating stipends for college athletes: Who should get them, who should not, and how much? And, how would you get around or work with Title IX?

(D) And finally, does anyone know how much money the NCAA D-I women's teams are getting for their tournament this year?

 Anonymous -- 4/03/2006 9:27 AM  

"Other" sports add revenue by helping to restrict supply. Without a requirement for other sports, any school could (and probably would) compete in basketball, which would potentially break the NCAA monopoly.

"Values" based on current revenue are contingent upon the monopoly system. If you're going to estimate value from specific sports, then do so based on an open and competitive market.

 Anonymous -- 4/11/2006 10:26 AM  

Look I played basketball for a small D-2 school in florida and we generated plenty of money for our school because we made it to the tournament every year. Most of the money from schools like mine was generated from radio deals and tv deals with the conference. The crooks at the NCAA can't side with us(athletes) because they didn't live in an era when they needed to be paid. The NCAA back then could not charge 5,000 for Final four Tickets which is roughly the norm for decent seats at the championship venue. These idiots at the NCAA have forgetten what got them to this point, the athlete's themselves. For instance, College Football, they have made CFB so commercialized that it's no longer about the competition, it's about who sells out the stadium tickets. How many 6-6 football teams were in CFB this year, all of them could not be selected so it comes down to who can fill the seats. When the NCAA first started, cost of living was cheaper and the enconomy was practically nothing to what is is today. We will probably never see our athlete's being paid in our time, however something needs to change. Centainly, you have to look at the committee's that are putting these policies in place. How many minorities are on these committee's looking out for our athlete's. If you look at the top 3 sports(football, basketball, baseball) at each major D-1 University, you will notice one trend. IT IS DOMINATED BY MINORITIES, especially young black males. Until we can somehow get more representation in those board rooms that are implementing these policies nothing will be accomplished in terms of paying these athletes.

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this is really good but how do i know that your information is accurate??

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