The Business of College Football - Part 4

The Cost Penalty

In the final part of this series about the money matters behind college football programs, NBR correspondent Jeff Yastine asks the question, "How much is too much to pay for a winning program?"



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External Links/Articles*

• College Sports Report
  College Sports Report offers football information, rankings, and commentary. This links to one of the website's features, called "College Football Coaches Compensation." It is a list of the salaries of more than 100 college football head coaches. The method the College Sports Report researchers used to identify the salaries is explained on the page.
• The Economics of College Sports
  The Economics of College Sports (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) is a book edited by John Fizel and Rodney Fort. This links to a preview of the book hosted by Google Book Search.
• Horrow Sports Ventures
  Horrow Sports Ventures is a South Florida based firm that is "a facility development advisor to professional sports teams and leagues, universities, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations." The company's president, Rick Horrow, is interviewed in Jeff Yastine's report.
• Inside Higher Ed
  Inside Higher Ed is an "online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education." This links to a January 11, 2007 article published by the website titled, "College Sports' $4 Million Man." It focuses on the University of Alabama's hiring of Nick Saban and the Congressional review of college coach salaries.
• Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
  The Knight Commission was created by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which is dedicated to improving journalism and communities. The commission monitors and reports on "progress in increasing presidential control and academic and financial integrity of athletics programs." The head of the commission, Dr. William Kirwan, is interviewed in Jeff Yastine's report. This links to a January 30, 2006 press release the group issued titled, "Knight Commission Poll Finds Americans are Concerned About College Sports."
• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (PDF Document)
  The NCAA promotes, governs, and adminsters college sports for all of its member colleges, universities, and conferences. This links to a copy of a 66-page letter authored by Dr. Myles Brand, president of the NCAA, on November 13, 2006 as a response to questions U.S. Representative William Thomas, then chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, had about coaching salaries and higher education spending.
• U.S. Department of Education
  This links to "Equity in Athletics" data provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. It offers a tool you can use to get data about the money earned and money spent on athletic programs at any public institutions. Simply enter the university you are interested in in the last search field on the screen.

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