Several years ago, I attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Our team, the ASU Indians, sucked, so the school lured a coach from Notre Dame with the promise of a salary of over $100,000 a year, plus benefits. The most that the professors earned there was maybe about $60,000. A university is supposed to be a place of learning, not leisure. What gives?
2006-07-13 04:03:44 · 3 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Ya you are right. Although I seriously encourage sports activities, but at the same time its not fair to spends so much on it. I guess such huge sums of money could benefit the needy starving people across.
2006-07-13 04:10:15 · answer #1 · answered by coolblue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not fair but colleges want to have good sports treams and good teachers and if they already have good teachers they'll spend a lot of money to get their sports team in the top rank, but IO think if they wanted a good sports team instead of paying for one on the best coaches in the country they should first get really good players and all they have to do for the players is let them go to college for free.
2006-07-13 04:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
college athletics are part of everything. probably the school thought that it athletes had good scope and wanted to improvwe it and maybe it did think it important enough to fund it.
2006-07-13 04:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by She Who Must Not Be Named 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋