[NU Sports] Basketball Coaches salaries

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Like it or not, the market sets the price. I won't argue that there aren't a lot of overpaid pros not to mention college coaches, but that is just the way it is in this environment. 

John DeGroat 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Vance" <michael.vance at att.net> 
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com 
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:49:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Basketball Coaches salaries 

Hakirsch at aol.com wrote: 
> I still have an issue with paying huge bucks for a coach at NU--I am sure I 
> am in the minority here , but I think it sends the wrong signal of our 
> school's priorities 
That is actually an issue that has gotten some press here in Indiana 
lately: The highest-paid state employee is Tom Crean. He makes more 
than his boss, the AD; more than the presidents of IU or Purdue; more 
than the governor of the state. And to make matters worse, though he no 
longer shows up on the list of employees, the second-highest payout to 
an individual went to Kelvin Sampson. The Pacers are crying about 
losing money and asking for taxpayer help while paying millions to guys 
who ride the bench. I don't think it will go anywhere, but there is a 
vocal minority who is screaming about the choices that we are making as 
a society when it comes to paying for sports. And though I don't agree 
with them completely, they raise some good points. 

-Michael 

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