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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyMJ, post: 3047059, member: 2096"] Its interesting because I was reading the article about Louisville WBB losing a ton of money, but instead of giving coaches more money just because MBB coaches are paid so much, why not fund the program more in areas where the KIDS benefit? Louisville MBB spends more than 3x the money on travel than WBB team. How is this possible? Do they charter every flight while WBB maybe flies commercial? Do they stay in 5 star hotels while WBB stays in maybe 3-4 star hotels? For equipment, uniforms and supplies, Louisville MBB spent $600k to WBB's $14k. These are direct areas where kids can benefit. So yeah if WBB coaches were paid more like volleyball coaches I would not mind, because then this money could be used on the kids. Its just backwards to keep spending more and more on coaches when there is no money being made. Now at least some universities make a lot of money on athletics but many are doing poorly. Here's an article on Oregon State, since the original poster who disagreed with me on the money thing is AN OSU fan. In 2017 Scott Rueck got a big raise. He's done great work at Oregon State, I get it. Source: [URL="https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2017/10/scott_rueck_to_net_more_than_4.html"]Scott Rueck to net more than $4 million as part of 5-year extension[/URL] [I]Rueck eared $1,245,004 during his first five years at Oregon State. He will earn $4,094,216 during the final five-year period of his current deal, a difference of more than $2.8 million. [/I] But is this raise prudent economically speaking? [I]Some 15 years later, however, Oregon State’s athletic department sits more than $40 million in debt. OSU will operate in the fiscal year 2018 another $6.5 million upside down.[/I] Source: [URL="https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2018/12/canzano-why-oregon-state-should-be-more-upset-with-the-pac-12-than-anyone.html"]Canzano: Why Oregon State should be more upset with the Pac-12 than anyone[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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