Or, perhaps more accurately, what they want you to think it means.
There’s no money. Also as a part of that article, a stunning stat about the AD:
Michigan, for example, employed 253 people in its athletic department at an average salary of $73,382.64 in 2010-2011, per state records. Just seven years later, in 2017-18, there are 368 employees (up 31.3 percent) at an average salary of $99,310.58 (up 26.1 percent).
Simply by maintaining 2011 levels of staffing—sure you can have that raise, AD employees—Michigan would have 11.4 million dollars left over annually, or 116,000 dollars per scholarship revenue sport athlete. They’d have 12k per athlete, period, including walk-ons.
I’m shocked, shocked that there’s bullshit going on here.
It’s not the Michigans, Georgias etc that won’t have the money.
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They don’t have the money now. What’s the difference?
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In my eyes The P5 group is just a money laundering exercise. These huge media payments to the conferences are so obese the only answer to solve the problem of having too much cash is to take on more employees and throw as much money at them as possible. I know it’s more complicated than that, but I believe it’s the bottom line and it makes me sick.
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You’re a consumer of the product. Use your power as a consumer if the system pisses you off so much. Personally, I’m ok with it and a few hundred million other people are ok with it too. Best of luck on your crusade. Doesn’t seem to be working.
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The iron fist of the NCAA cartel on labor certainly isn’t part of the Wealth of Nations.
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Hey, look who’s on his fourth handle here at the blog!
You know what does work? GTP’s sockpuppetry policy.
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“When all you’ve got is an ad hominem argument… all you’ve got is an ad hominem argument.”
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I wasn’t arguing with him, my friend. I was booting his ass off the blog.
Thanks for playing, though.
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MAGA!
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Interesting that the people accusing Senator B of ad hominems are themselves failing to offer any arguments more substantive than “lol there goes the senator off on his crusade again.”
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You mean people who like to argue on the Internet/social media usually build those arguments on a foundation of double standards? Who knew? 🙂
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Senator Blutarsky sings “Obsession”. The only thing missing in this song is the letters N-C-A-A.
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When all you’ve got is an ad hominem argument… all you’ve got is an ad hominem argument.
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Here’s the thing. The AD’s growth of their adminispheres (my favorite made up word) just reflect Higher Ed admin growth campus wide. Huge problem for Universities that is much bigger than football.
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Are you saying there’s an administrative industrial complex?
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Michigan has 13 men’s varsity sports and 14 women’s. They’ve added at least a couple since 2011. And does that staff number include coaching staffs and does the average include coaching salaries?
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Well, TBF Michigan’s economy had been booming. Hasn’t it?
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Sharing wealth is for commies.
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Not paying people their market value is for commies.
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