Some Schools Spend 10 Times More On Athletes Than Students

 

 

                When you actually think about it, division one colleges spend a lot more money on athletes especially football and basketball than they do on academics. This article shows that most schools spend about six times more on athletics than they do on academics. It makes sense with all the full scholarships many athletes get to go and play at that school, and you don’t see that many kids getting a full ride to a school for just academics alone. Some fbs schools spend about ten times as much on athletics as on academics. This graph shows the spending difference in spending over the course of three years. The southeastern conference spends about 10.8 times more on athletes, and that makes sense due to the recent success of many of these schools especially on the football field.

                I was very shocked when I looked at the actually numbers of some colleges spending. I knew that colleges spend a lot of money on sports, but to spend ten times more on athletes as on academics and other students.  That just blows my minds, most college athletes don’t make it to the pros, and we are spending all this money on them when we could spend more on preparing students for the work force. This proves just how much sports dominate our culture. We love spending our money on season tickets, special television packages, parties for big games, and sports related apparel. This type of spending not only occurs in the pros but also for many colleges. This article was a little outdated being from 2010, and predicted school spending would top $250 million. Sports are a huge part of our culture and will continue to be for many years.

 

 

Finnegan, Leah. "Some Schools Spend 10 Times More On Athletes Than Students: Report." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 21 June 2010. Web. 10 Apr. 2013.