Show of Hands for Coach Pat Summitt.

#101
#101
therealUT said:
Most major D-1 athletic departments are far more profitable than UT.
Equity in Athletics
Search for yourself.

Alabama and Auburn both profit over $7M from their athletic programs (twice as much as UTK.) Feel free to look up more.
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So with a $3.7M profit, we are too poor to pay the best Coach in the sport $1.5M? Well, let's cut her loose and maybe get Dobyns -Bennett's woman's coach for maybe $100K. That will save some coin.

What do you propose? Cut her pay or just fire her?
 
#102
#102
Plano Vol said:
So with a $3.7M profit, we are too poor to pay the best Coach in the sport $1.5M? Well, let's cut her loose and maybe get Dobyns -Bennett's woman's coach for maybe $100K. That will save some coin.

What do you propose? Cut her pay or just fire her?
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Cut her pay. Where is she going to go?
 
#107
#107
therealUT said:
Negative. CPS's salary is not set by the market. CBP's salary is. There are very credible reasons to believe that CBP could leave for a higher salary. There are little to no credible reasons to believe that CPS will be able to leave for a higher salary.

Her salary, and the increase, are defended with the rationale that what she has done is worth that much. Looking at the financials, I would have to categorically disagree.
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Then you have alot to learn about what that Lady has done for the University of Tennessee on and off the court...Fact remains she is underpaid.

Pearl is going no where so that argument from you and other is mute....Pearl has made strides and big one for the basketball program but he is only in year 2 of his tenure at UT and is fairly compensated... Bring me an NCAA Title and then we'll talk about 2 mil a year.

By your argument Fulmer should be making 5 to 7 mil a year
 
#109
#109
vader said:
I wonder why that is. :ermm:
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I suspect it has something to do with ticket prices...I've heard the seats in Austin are expensive and students don't get a break.

Also, consistency in financial reporting between two different entities is probably hit or miss because of reporting requirements unique to the state.

It would be interesting to take the sport's ticket revenue plus TV revenue and develop a ratio with the respective coaches salary. I bet Tennessee would fair pretty well compared to others.
 
#110
#110
Plano Vol said:
I suspect it has something to do with ticket prices...I've heard the seats in Austin are expensive and students don't get a break.

Also, consistency in financial reporting between two different entities is probably hit or miss because of reporting requirements unique to the state.

It would be interesting to take the sport's ticket revenue plus TV revenue and develop a ratio with the respective coaches salary. I bet Tennessee would fair pretty well compared to others.
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Interesting conjecture based on evidence that all seems to point in the opposite direction...
 
#111
#111
therealUT said:
Interesting conjecture based on evidence that all seems to point in the opposite direction...
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I don't understand what your evidence supports other than Tennessee does not have as profitable an AD as other schools. That doesn't set the market for the salary of a coach with 7NCs and the preeminent position in the sport.

Can Tennessee afford CPS....sure! They pay her and still turn a nice profit. I don't have the evidence to support it but intuitively I would think that CPS brings funds into the program at a higher percentage than most others.

I am curious as to why Alabama and Auburn are more profitable...maybe the state subsidizes the programs in some way that Tennessee doesn't.
 
#113
#113
Plano Vol said:
I don't understand what your evidence supports other than Tennessee does not have as profitable an AD as other schools. That doesn't set the market for the salary of a coach with 7NCs and the preeminent position in the sport.

Can Tennessee afford CPS....sure! They pay her and still turn a nice profit. I don't have the evidence to support it but intuitively I would think that CPS brings funds into the program at a higher percentage than most others.

I am curious as to why Alabama and Auburn are more profitable...maybe the state subsidizes the programs in some way that Tennessee doesn't.
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You are correct, Alabama, Auburn and Georgia use state monies in their Athletic programs.
 
#116
#116
Plano Vol said:
I don't understand what your evidence supports other than Tennessee does not have as profitable an AD as other schools. That doesn't set the market for the salary of a coach with 7NCs and the preeminent position in the sport.

Can Tennessee afford CPS....sure! They pay her and still turn a nice profit. I don't have the evidence to support it but intuitively I would think that CPS brings funds into the program at a higher percentage than most others.

I am curious as to why Alabama and Auburn are more profitable...maybe the state subsidizes the programs in some way that Tennessee doesn't.
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I live in Alabama. The University of Alabama has a great women's gymnastics program, often selling out their men's basketball arena for important meets. Sarah Patterson is the coach, and one of the best (if the best) women's gymnastics coach in the country. For Bama fans and people in the Tusculoosa area, women's gymnastics is the equivalent to women's BB in the UT/k'ville area.

I don't know what Patterson's salary is, but I know it is a fraction of what Pat Head Summitt makes. I believe that programs like UT's women's basketball should not pay all of their profits in salaries, but should generate profits to support other Title 9 non-revenue producing programs, like rowing, softball, tennis etc.

UAT is paying Saban $4,000,000 a year. They have raised the price of a ticket to $55.00 for some premium games and they are selling like hotcakes. Their Athlethic Dept has calculated that the Saban salary is a good investment. If UT can raise the price of a women's basketball ticket and justify the salary increase for their coach, I have no problem with the raise!
 
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