In reply to: I think a football player avg wage of $407,000 is fair & posted by MrE
all those unproven NFL draft picks sign huge contracts. It's in their CBA.
It's a different industry from Major CFB, Inc.
the program in the red. Professional sports are focused on one sport. College athletic departments use dollars earned from the revenue producers to fund the non-revenue sports that are a big part of the fabric of a school. Would you pay those other athletes too? They work hard.