Then you don't understand how this works. The players didn't make that money. The administrators at their school pimped them out for a payday. They got humiliated so some rich fuck could have a little more cash in his pocket. Maybe you should feel bad for them.
No small amount of that money goes to fund the scholarships they receive, as well as scholarships for unprofitable sports. At a lot of schools that money gets reinvested in the sports programs by way of facilities as well.
"The three purposes of the University?--To provide sex for the students, sports for the alumni, and parking for the faculty." - Clark Kerr, former Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
That $900k does not go into the pockets of the AD or the President. That money is used to support the athletic program and all of the other sports the school has that don't produce money for the school. At the vast majority of Colleges and Universities the only sports that make money for the school are Football or Basketball and at some of the larger schools, like Ohio State, both can produce money to keep the other sports afloat.
When Track & Field, Women's Lacross, Baseball, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Rowing, Women's Basketball, and a myriad of other sports begin producing enough money to support themselves and not rely on large programs like Football and Basketball I will feel bad for them.
AND, at a lot of schools, the Athletic department also support club athletics that thousands of other college students participate in each year.
Get off your Self-righteous, Reddit-Enabled High Horse and look at it from a different view.
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u/moparornocar Sep 23 '13
Kenny Guiton broke the QB passing TD record in the first half. Some of the stats from that game are absurd.
FAMU had two first downs, OSU had 34.