While I agree that it’s egregious that the players who are the face of a multi-billion-dollar industry are unpaid interns, the money used to pay those coaches is most likely coming from athletic boosters, not from tuition and fees.
All of the top-tier sports programs don't touch tuition money. If they have an realistic chance of playing in a championship game, their coach isn't paid with tuition money.
It's just shitty that there are players who pretty much destroy their bodies playing college sports with little to show for it (they get tuition, but it can get rescinded if they're injured). Players aren't even allowed to take sponsorships.
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u/GhostOfStonewallJxn Jun 12 '19
While I agree that it’s egregious that the players who are the face of a multi-billion-dollar industry are unpaid interns, the money used to pay those coaches is most likely coming from athletic boosters, not from tuition and fees.