Isn&#x27;t it disingenuous to use an outlier to make a point?<p>UoA made significantly more money than any other college team (some of which lose money). So using them as an example of why college sports is a net gain rather than a net loss is extremely (and purposely) misleading.<p>Plus even UoA spent $47 million on arena expansion in 2006 and then $65.6 million on further arena expansion in 2010. So it isn&#x27;t like the football program doesn&#x27;t have debt it has to repay the school (and incidentally many arenas are never funded from the programs that they house).

Yes, but they are in the wrong business, then. it is a sports business - what does it have to do with academia?

I wonder how many millions of dollars they pay the players?

Alabama pays Nick Saban almost $7M&#x2F;year.  At first blush that seems outrageous.  Then we find out that Alabama pulls in nearly $100M&#x2F;year from football [0].  While not every school is so lucky, most (if not all) that are spending 7 figures on a coach are getting that money back and then some.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;jasonbelzer&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;24&#x2F;the-university-of-alabama-made-almost-100-million-from-football-in-2015&#x2F;#3f3fe03b6c3c" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;jasonbelzer&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;24&#x2F;the-unive...</a>

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