The 19 public school athletic departments that showed a profit in 2010-11 even without including revenue from the university, state or student fees.

Ath. Dept. Surplus
Kansas State $20,106,935
Texas $16,609,111
LSU $15,462,427
Alabama $14,195,164
Florida $11,989,355
Michigan $10,621,815
Arkansas $10,524,624
Oklahoma $9,974,916
Ohio State $9,528,952
Okla. State $9,507,375
Texas A&M $8,975,871
Georgia $8,384,182
Oregon $7,125,702
Purdue $6,773,110
Iowa $4,731,395
Miss. State $2,573,373
Nebraska $1,763,272
Kentucky $1,219,181
Illinois $403,425

Profit sharing with coaching benefit and salary caps, Title 9 needs to differentiate profitable sports with employees and participants. Cap school coach salaries/benefits at $2 million per department. Wages for coaches grossly inflated due to unpaid labour force.

Yeah, somewhat painful for me to admit in regards to Title 9 but you should not subsidize activities for others by denying wages.

Agreed. Just another example of a misguided government attempt at “social equality” ruining efficiency and meritocracy

However, that same premise can be applied to conclude non-revenue sport athletes shouldn’t be paid. The lesson, as always, is that Title 9 sucks

Yeah, somewhat painful for me to admit in regards to Title 9 but you should not subsidize activities for others by denying wages.

From NCAA.org:

For 2011-12, NCAA revenue is projected at $777 million, with $680 million coming from the Association’s new rights agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting.

NCAA alone will take 4% of revenue allocated for “central services, such as building operations and salaries not related to particular programs” at a total of $33.8 million.

WSU season is roughly $322,800 for in season wages with Mike Leech on salary for $2 million with a 105 man roster. Washington State’s football revenue was $12 million in 2009.

Although minimum wage is much higher in Washington their season was a great deal shorter.

Off-season wages are capped at 8 hours weekly and there are many other factors to consider. Only 56 players are allowed on road trips so there is significant savings in this respect. This is a very rough outline but in general costs could be entirely paid for by simply reducing rosters to 75 per squad and capping coach pay.

/Pay the players

hopefully, this site will still be around to champion the decision!

You know something we don’t?

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.

just like we called for a playoff for years on this site, the same thing will happen with paying players.

hopefully, this site will still be around to champion the decision!

It ain’t a competition against our former selves. It’s a global market

So we should pay US workers what the Cambodian kids who make my Nikes earn? I’m confused

It ain’t a competition against our former selves. It’s a global market

I’m gonna cut myself off because an economic debate could and probably would go for hours. Also, I’ll go out on a limb and guess it wouldn’t change any of our opinions in the slightest

Union Membership in U.S. Fell to a 70-Year Low in 2010.

No, it’s one of those points that’s economic fact. It ain’t a competition against our former selves. It’s a global market

C’mon man.

Union membership and wages have been dropping together for about 30 years if I’m not mistaken, this is one of those talking points that sounds better in one’s head than in reality

No, it’s one of those points that’s economic fact. It ain’t a competition against our former selves. It’s a global market

Also, you seem to be blind to the laziness and entitlement that have become American epidemics

Baby boomer epidemics.

Doesn’t help that America has unionized and regulated it’s way out of the production business. This is the reason real wages have lessened. Pseudo-capitalism!

Consumer debt is the response to stagnant wages. People did not get lazier they became poorer because or rising cost of living, they consume less and the cheapest hence outsourcing and industrialized production scaled to the lowest possible costs.