Vandermeerr t1_jd8ysff wrote
That sounds like bullshit to me.
FiveNations54 t1_jd9vhqa wrote
Half of any university administration is bullshit. Sucking the tuition dollars right out of every student's education for some dumb fucking board meetings that ego stroke everyone in the room.
amenacingballsack t1_jd9yfus wrote
Can't forget about building a new sports facility that 80% of the student body doesn't give two shits about while most of your dorms still don't have fucking air conditioning
Brucenotsomighty t1_jdaaulr wrote
"it's part of the dorm experience!"
amenacingballsack t1_jdaedd4 wrote
"The RA will be a dick for no reason because bonding!"
OldCoaly t1_jdax4mj wrote
The funding for those facilities at PSU is separate from the academic side of the school. Money from athletics supports the school, not the other way around. Money donated for athletic facilities has to go to those facilities. It’s a condition of the donation usually.
Should more donors donate to the academic programs? Definitely. But I don’t like the impression that money that would otherwise go to academics goes to sports because it’s not true. At least not for PSU.
mattyoclock t1_jdbitfy wrote
Yes and no. The athletics pay the loan payments on the facilities, but they are gauranteed by the university. So as long as penn state football makes enough money, they pay it. But if for some reason they didn't, the college is on the hook.
Additionally a fair bit of coaching salary comes from the academics as well.
OldCoaly t1_jdkeefe wrote
As if Penn State athletics won’t make a net profit. COVID was the only reason they recently went negative and the media rights deals recently made will come with a massive increase in money.
Could you provide a source on the coaching money coming from academics?
SamHandwich124 t1_jddeicn wrote
The university I graduated from constantly asks for alumni donations and cries broke while building new gyms and workout facilities. I can’t have sympathy for businesses that constantly ask for handouts to mitigate their own mismanagement.
bradenlikestoreddit t1_jdbabue wrote
Meanwhile a college football coach makes more than a professor
mattyoclock t1_jdbijrl wrote
bradenlikestoreddit t1_jdbjx77 wrote
Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. Yes, they are a teacher, but they aren't teaching those who want to change the world. They are teaching those who want to throw a ball down the field.
AppleTStudio t1_jdji6hf wrote
My college spent $250,000 on a desk.
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A DESK. FOR A CONFERENCE ROOM.
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