Don't Divert Money from Academics to Pay for Sports

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USA Today serves up diverging opinions: (a) USA Today, Souring Pay for Coaches Throws Academics for a Loss: "These types of numbers, along with enormous sums universities are pumping into sports facilities, certainly look bad at a time of economic distress and academic cutbacks. A recent survey of college presidents, by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, found them overwhelmingly of the opinion that spending on college sports is unsustainable. Some 85% specially cited coaches salaries as too high." (b) Jim Isch, Spending Isn't Out of Control: Prevailing conventional wisdom tells us that colleges and universities in the USA are overspending in their intercollegiate athletics programs — especially among the top programs and especially for head and assistance coaches. In some instances, maybe even many, that is likely true. But some context for the spending would be helpful.