SEARCHABLE DATABASE: USA TODAY College Football Coach salary database, 2006-2011
By USA TODAYLink: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/story/2011-11-17/cover-college-football-coaches-salaries-rise/51242232/1
Excerpt (see database cited directly above):
- Nick Saban, Alabama Football Head Coach, Total Pay is $4,833,333
Commentary:
- Amateur Athletics? Seriously?
- In a panel discussion, Nick Saban, Alabama Football Head Coach (Total Pay is $4,833,333) actually said that nobody is making any money off these kids (i.e. the players). Really? Nick Saban is making nearly $5M off his players.
- Remember, many of the players on these football teams come from very poor families, some of the players were even raised on welfare.
- Thus, Head Football coaches are making millions of dollars from the labor of poor kids.
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