Comments on: 9 SEC football coaches make over $2 million a year http://branddunk.com/2009/11/10/9-sec-football-coaches-make-over-2-million-a-year/ Branding the World of Sports Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: gandolph http://branddunk.com/2009/11/10/9-sec-football-coaches-make-over-2-million-a-year/#comment-763 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:05:07 +0000 http://branddunk.com/?p=1076#comment-763 If they’re selling tickets, give them a big salary. College sports is a business. Sure, the teams are tied to a university, but they clearly have no actual relationship other than a shared name.

UVa gave its head basketball coach $2.1 million to quit & then hired a new guy at a much higher salary. Why? To sell more tickets!
http://www.peterdolph.com/2009/11/business-of-college-sports.html

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