Comments on: Pay to Play http://www.taxgirl.com/pay-to-play/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rogers Place http://www.taxgirl.com/pay-to-play/comment-page-1/#comment-3629 Rogers Place Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:43:36 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/pay-to-play/#comment-3629 Yea but according the salaries of other coaches he's one of the lowest paid. Yea but according the salaries of other coaches he’s one of the lowest paid.

]]> By: Maddy http://www.taxgirl.com/pay-to-play/comment-page-1/#comment-3630 Maddy Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:45:14 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/pay-to-play/#comment-3630 It's an interesting point - certainly some football coaches are paid extreme amounts (all so their teams can lose to Louisiana-Monroe and Navy) - but most college coaches are not. If you consider collegiate athletics as a whole - balancing out the amount of money a program like Penn State Football generates, it is not a "for profit" system - especially if you look at all of the programs that the NCAA "governs". In my opinion, athletics is a part of college life and it is an integral part of a young person's education - as participants and/or spectators. I have no idea what Coach Paterno's salary is - and frankly, I don't care. It's either going to be modest, on par, or high. Regardless of what his numerical salary may be - it can never compensate what Coach Paterno has done for Penn State as an educational facility - He's been at Penn State for over 50 years - we have really no way to estimate his contribution, because there is nothing to compare it to. It’s an interesting point – certainly some football coaches are paid extreme amounts (all so their teams can lose to Louisiana-Monroe and Navy) – but most college coaches are not. If you consider collegiate athletics as a whole – balancing out the amount of money a program like Penn State Football generates, it is not a “for profit” system – especially if you look at all of the programs that the NCAA “governs”. In my opinion, athletics is a part of college life and it is an integral part of a young person’s education – as participants and/or spectators.

I have no idea what Coach Paterno’s salary is – and frankly, I don’t care. It’s either going to be modest, on par, or high. Regardless of what his numerical salary may be – it can never compensate what Coach Paterno has done for Penn State as an educational facility – He’s been at Penn State for over 50 years – we have really no way to estimate his contribution, because there is nothing to compare it to.

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