Bob Hohler reports in the Boston Globe that as a result of the ongoing “athletic arms race, “that the highest salaries at many higher educational institutes do not go to presidents and top professors, but those running athletic programs.

In their defense coaches point to the revenue that their programs generate to universities, but as one commenter notes,

“the math used in this article is misleading to the point of being dishonest. Yes, UCONN and BC sports “generate” a lot of cash. But, that is “gross revenue”, to get at the real “income” [or loss] you have to subtract the cost of building those coliseums and palaces that big time programs “require”, the salaries of not only the big time coach, but all the assistants, tutors, PR people, trainers, airfares, hotel bills, etc.”