Comments on: The Flutie Effect and the Salaries of College Coaches http://www.openeducation.net/2009/03/01/the-flutie-effect-and-the-salaries-of-college-coaches/ Free Education for All Fri, 13 May 2011 00:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: mathman6293 http://www.openeducation.net/2009/03/01/the-flutie-effect-and-the-salaries-of-college-coaches/#comment-6419 mathman6293 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:31:30 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=1596#comment-6419 This hits home this year. My daughter is an excellent student and a dancer. She has received two academic scholarships to 2 private GA colleges which also includes a dance scholarship. However, none include room and board - just add $10,000 per year. But it looks like she prefers Indiana U and that is scary because so far they have only offered $9000. So when IU hires a guy like Kelvin Sampson for millions, fires him in the name of athetics how sad is that for the students? This hits home this year. My daughter is an excellent student and a dancer. She has received two academic scholarships to 2 private GA colleges which also includes a dance scholarship. However, none include room and board – just add $10,000 per year. But it looks like she prefers Indiana U and that is scary because so far they have only offered $9000. So when IU hires a guy like Kelvin Sampson for millions, fires him in the name of athetics how sad is that for the students?

]]> By: Louise Maine http://www.openeducation.net/2009/03/01/the-flutie-effect-and-the-salaries-of-college-coaches/#comment-6409 Louise Maine Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:16:56 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=1596#comment-6409 This is troubling and something that has bugged me for some time. What are people worth? Why do athletes and the big businesses believe they are much better than all the others who perform more important jobs? You would think the troubling economy might shake it up some but not sure we can do what is right. This is troubling and something that has bugged me for some time. What are people worth? Why do athletes and the big businesses believe they are much better than all the others who perform more important jobs? You would think the troubling economy might shake it up some but not sure we can do what is right.

]]> By: John http://www.openeducation.net/2009/03/01/the-flutie-effect-and-the-salaries-of-college-coaches/#comment-6405 John Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:11:16 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=1596#comment-6405 A market is a market. Schools decide to pay coaches what they do because they believe it's worth it and because other schools would gladly pay the same for top performers. You can't blame Calhoun for his success. He reacted the way he did because he is not a politician. Why should he have to justify the salary he was willingly offered by the university? It's not like he is a bank CEO that drove the company into the ground and required government bailouts. The only issue worthy of examination here is our society's obsession with sport and celebrity. Everyone who watches college athletics instead of reading academic research papers is to blame for this. Can't say I blame us. A market is a market. Schools decide to pay coaches what they do because they believe it’s worth it and because other schools would gladly pay the same for top performers. You can’t blame Calhoun for his success. He reacted the way he did because he is not a politician. Why should he have to justify the salary he was willingly offered by the university? It’s not like he is a bank CEO that drove the company into the ground and required government bailouts.

The only issue worthy of examination here is our society’s obsession with sport and celebrity. Everyone who watches college athletics instead of reading academic research papers is to blame for this. Can’t say I blame us.

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