I would guess that “all of the money” being spent has gone through an Internal Rate of Return analysis. The people running these huge football factories are not financially stupid. If they are offering huge salaries, they know they will make it back, plus 15-20% within 5 years.
Its not the universities that should anger people, its the NCAA. I did some work for them. It was like working for Stalin and the Mafia at the same time.
Kelly fixed Notre Dame and put it back on the map. He’s done a great job there. He got a whole bunch of cash moved his way and he took it. Living in LA is pretty nice, especially climate and cuisine-wise. Even the politics is better, somewhat.
Sucks if you’re Irish, like I am, but all I have for him is gratitude and well wishes.
“Stalin and the Mob”
I am stealing that.
Oh, I agree with the payback. Someone is making a ton of money. But when I talk to friends who now teach at my alma mater, and they say engineering is getting cut down while building a new practice field, I wonder just who is making the money and where it is going.