Why are college football coaches getting paid so much?

[letsgo]

OP is mentally challenged if he can't see the value of Saban.

[bubblebuttluv]

amateur athletes? what drugs are you taking?

do they work when they are not playing football? no
do they study when they are not playing football? no

they dont even have time to work or study because football takes up most of their time and energy

they are by definition professional athletes, its theire main job

their games are broadcasted on tv, people buy their merch and people pay ridiculous amounts of money to come see them


they are pros in every sense of the way


only people calling them amature athletes are morons who dont know the definiton of the word, and people that have an interest for people to consider them amature so that they dont have to pay them


only reason why these kids do it for free so that these universities/coorporations can make millions is because they are desperate and hope they can get an nfl contract, and ncaa and colleges make sure the take advantage of the desperation and the dreams of these kids


and now we come to people on this board, only reason why a lay person would object to these men getting paid for doing something so horrible such as playing football is jealousy, you just cant stand it that a 20 year old is worth more money than you, and that makes you a sad person

I've known multiple people who have played college football and they had jobs, studied, and graduated with degrees.

You are severely delusional or stupid.

I mean you are totally ridiculous and make no sense.

And I am in no way jealous of some 20 year old college football player and you shouldn't claim to know how someone on the internet feels.

You should quit before you make yourself look dumber than you do right now.

And they are amateur athletes because they personally do not collect a check after each game for playing in that game, you dumbass.

[Vince Lombardi]

Yeah he couldn't fix it though. He left.

The Dolphins haven't been worth a shit since Shula quit. Jimmy Johnson got tired of it and quit the Dolphins too and we all know he couldn't win in the NFL. He was a worthless, piece of shit college coach who didn't deserve to get paid.

[bubblebuttluv]

OP is mentally challenged if he can't see the value of Saban.

The majority of people on this site are mentally challenged such as lakerboy, SportsMushroom, Giz, etc.

[crustyme]

of course its a dumb thread..... it was started by a professional retard.

[Vince Lombardi]

Lakerboy is an idiot

Uhhhhh, yeah!

[Big Bear]

saloon this thread

[bubblebuttluv]

saloon this thread

There should be a special type of saloon for most threads like this.

Lakerboy and others like him post mindless shit all day.

[jpot34]

Yeah I know they deal with kids but so do nfl guys. I can't believe the deal saban got. The guy could NOT cut it at the pro level but he is gonna get over 5 mil to coach children. Pretty sad state of afffairs. Like schools can't spend that money elsewhere.

I think you know why. Spill your inner feelings.

[jpot34]

Pay the players as well then.

You don't think these kids get paid something under the table? Come on now. You know the truth.

[jpot34]

b/c colleges have turned football into a business like dan snyder of the redskins. it's all about the money.... and alabama wants to continue making that money so they kept their coach. right or wrong... it's all a business.

[You mad bro]

Lakerbitch got buried again

[SportsMushroom]

I've known multiple people who have played college football and they had jobs, studied, and graduated with degrees.

You are severely delusional or stupid.

I mean you are totally ridiculous and make no sense.

And I am in no way jealous of some 20 year old college football player and you shouldn't claim to know how someone on the internet feels.

You should quit before you make yourself look dumber than you do right now.

And they are amateur athletes because they personally do not collect a check after each game for playing in that game, you dumbass.

yeah just cause you say you know im gonna take your word for it


almost all football players graduate with degrees, that doesnt mean they actually earned them

you sit there and tell me that a college football player has time between practice and traveling for games to work and study and then you want me to take you seriously


at the end of the day, players earn colleges millions every year and they get zip of that money, that is slave labour, no matter what spin you chose to put on it

[You mad bro]

yeah just cause you say you know im gonna take your word for it


almost all football players graduate with degrees, that doesnt mean they actually earned them

you sit there and tell me that a college football player has time between practice and traveling for games to work and study and then you want me to take you seriously


at the end of the day, players earn colleges millions every year and they get zip of that money, that is slave labour, no matter what spin you chose to put on it

Its not slave labor

it's a privilege to be on a college team

their salary is that 40k a year scholarship Money they get every year

[bubblebuttluv]

yeah just cause you say you know im gonna take your word for it


almost all football players graduate with degrees, that doesnt mean they actually earned them

you sit there and tell me that a college football player has time between practice and traveling for games to work and study and then you want me to take you seriously


at the end of the day, players earn colleges millions every year and they get zip of that money, that is slave labour, no matter what spin you chose to put on it

I said I have multiple friends that have played college ball and have worked and studied while they were in college and you want to act like I would make up something like that (by saying "you want me to take you seriously")? lol.

It's not like I said I know Tom Brady or something.

I won't address you anymore because you obviously are a little crazy.

[bubblebuttluv]

Its not slave labor

it's a privilege to be on a college team

their salary is that 40k a year scholarship Money they get every year

Some people on here like this Mushroom guy can't grasp simple concepts.

I think he must use shrooms all the time and must have friend his brain.

[Vince Lombardi]

It's important in college
Good recruiters win

X and O's not as important

IF that made sense, the NFL has the draft and free agency, therefore, Xs & Os aren't important in the NFL. You just need to draft well and make good free agent signings.

[Cookie Monster]

College players clearly bring money in for the college. In a free market, some star players would make over a million in a season, while most players would make barely the tuition money. However, NCAA prohibits paying to keep them "amateur", so the only compensation is the scholarship. And Dexter Manley would tell you a thing about the great education he got in college.

I think in the future the pro leagues could take over, if they make a summer minor league system offering good money. Maybe easier for basketball.

[stevenash]

Pay the players as well then.

A scholarship is pay

[lakerboy]

A scholarship is pay

Yeah but hardly any of these college players get an education cause most of them have no brain.

[bb_skoots]

What do you assholes have against giving college athletes a paycheck? Are you jealous? Don't even try the argument about the $50,000 a year basket weaving education. An extra desk in a class about the history of golf is free. Argue this point and then defend your shitty college education.

[stevenash]

Yeah I know they deal with kids but so do nfl guys. I can't believe the deal saban got. The guy could NOT cut it at the pro level but he is gonna get over 5 mil to coach children. Pretty sad state of afffairs. Like schools can't spend that money elsewhere.

Are you mentally challenge?

2005 Saban just missed by a game of winning the division with the Dolphins (Patriots won of course) with a piece of shit Gus Frerotte at QB.
He did OK with the the two years he had the Miami, you can't look at the mediocre 15-17 record, look at the crap teams he had hfor two years, 'could not cut it' is a ridiculous.

Saban gets 5 million per because he is the greatest college head coach of this generation, I don't count Bear Bryant this generation, and besides being the greatest head coach of this generation, he brings in much more to Alabama than the 5 million they pay him.
The 5 million they spend on him his money invested wisely.

He is to college football what Geno is to women's basketball.

[stevenash]

Yeah but hardly any of these college players get an education cause most of them have no brain.

Are you mentally challenged?
Look at a top ten program like Stanford, look at the courses and GPA's of those kids. Northwestern too. List of schools where you have to meet high academic standards is endless.

[stevenash]

What do you assholes have against giving college athletes a paycheck? Are you jealous? Don't even try the argument about the $50,000 a year basket weaving education. An extra desk in a class about the history of golf is free. Argue this point and then defend your shitty college education.

So if one doesn't think a student/athlete should get a paycheck, they are an asshole.
What an asshole statement

[Cuse0323]

Recruiting is a grueling grind that not many are built for, you put all that work into one kid only to have him go somewhere else after you think you have a great relationship. This happens over and over. Plus, these guys work 24/7 and help make the school millions.

[bubblebuttluv]

Yeah but hardly any of these college players get an education cause most of them have no brain.

Who cares?

I watch them play on Saturday.

I could care less if they are dumb as Hell. I could care less if they never make the pro's and then can't find a real job. I could care less if they make the pro's, suck in the pro's and leave, then blow all their money and are broke.

I only care about what they do on a Saturday. If I don't know them personally then I don't care if they are stupid or end up broke or never have any money in the first place.

[bubblebuttluv]

What do you assholes have against giving college athletes a paycheck? Are you jealous? Don't even try the argument about the $50,000 a year basket weaving education. An extra desk in a class about the history of golf is free. Argue this point and then defend your shitty college education.

College Sports are AMATEUR SPORTS.

In AMATEUR SPORTS you don't get paid.

A college athlete's form of monetary compensation is a scholarship to attend classes at the university.

And only an idiot or a foreign hater of America would call a college education "shitty". You almost NEED a college education now to get a good job in the U.S.

This website is full of idiots who don't grasp simple concepts like AMATEUR SPORTS MEANS YOU ARE NOT GIVEN A PAYCHECK.

And this thread will go on for the next month with guys like you and lakerboy and that dumbass SportsMushroom saying "college athletes should get paid" five times a day, just so it gets bumped to the top of Player's Talk.

[pavyracer]

Yeah I know they deal with kids but so do nfl guys. I can't believe the deal saban got. The guy could NOT cut it at the pro level but he is gonna get over 5 mil to coach children. Pretty sad state of afffairs. Like schools can't spend that money elsewhere.

Because they do the recruiting. College teams don't have general managers or presidents or CEO's. So the college football coach is all of the above and hence makes more money than an NFL coach.

[stevenash]

Because they do the recruiting. College teams don't have general managers or presidents or CEO's. So the college football coach is all of the above and hence makes more money than an NFL coach.

They do have presidents, but you are right never the less.

[bb_skoots]

College Sports are AMATEUR SPORTS.

In AMATEUR SPORTS you don't get paid.

A college athlete's form of monetary compensation is a scholarship to attend classes at the university.

And only an idiot or a foreign hater of America would call a college education "shitty". You almost NEED a college education now to get a good job in the U.S.

This website is full of idiots who don't grasp simple concepts like AMATEUR SPORTS MEANS YOU ARE NOT GIVEN A PAYCHECK.

And this thread will go on for the next month with guys like you and lakerboy and that dumbass SportsMushroom saying "college athletes should get paid" five times a day, just so it gets bumped to the top of Player's Talk.

You are "Exhibit A" result of a shitty education. I graduated 30 years ago from a top tier American university.

[bubblebuttluv]

You are "Exhibit A" result of a shitty education. I graduated 30 years ago from a top tier American university.

Ok guy, keep talking like an idiot.

You don't know me or anything about my college education.

Also, never fukking heard of you.

[BigDofBA]

Football programs finance the rest of the athletic departments. Takes money to make money. Duh

Exactly. They sell out 90k seats every Saturday.

As as for paying players, that would make the playing field even more unfair than it is now and you would have to play players in other sports that don't generate any revenue.

Its really pretty simple to understand.

[smitch124]

Saban is grossly underpaid. If he performed like he has at Alabama in the business world and generated the revenue he has, he could name his price.

[packerd_00]

Sportsmushrooms decent. Just has a diffrence of opinion.

[packerd_00]

Its all a big money maker,Scholarships are to damn expensive as it is. The amount of cash they make off the March Madness is ridiculous.