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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 24589" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>As pointed out in another thread, ALL coaches have academic incentives in their contracts, and a lot have academic incentives that are larger than their on the field performance. For instance, Mack Brown got paid $100K if he had a 75% graduation rate and $100K bonus for making the national championship game. Which do you think was more important to UTexas? At last check, Texas had a graduation rate less than 60%. Mack Brown wasn't fired because his graduation rate was less than 60%.</p><p></p><p>If you think the GTAA wouldn't give up 10-15 points in the APR for 2-3 extra wins and 2,000+ more ticket sales every game, then you must really believe NCAA has the athletes' best interest in mind. Football makes the most money for our Athletic Association, and if attendance continues to erode because CPJ is winning 7 games every year, even his record high APR score won't save him. Not saying academic performance of our players isn't important, but people overvalue it's importance versus on the field results, revenue from ticket sales, and support from donors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 24589, member: 360"] As pointed out in another thread, ALL coaches have academic incentives in their contracts, and a lot have academic incentives that are larger than their on the field performance. For instance, Mack Brown got paid $100K if he had a 75% graduation rate and $100K bonus for making the national championship game. Which do you think was more important to UTexas? At last check, Texas had a graduation rate less than 60%. Mack Brown wasn't fired because his graduation rate was less than 60%. If you think the GTAA wouldn't give up 10-15 points in the APR for 2-3 extra wins and 2,000+ more ticket sales every game, then you must really believe NCAA has the athletes' best interest in mind. Football makes the most money for our Athletic Association, and if attendance continues to erode because CPJ is winning 7 games every year, even his record high APR score won't save him. Not saying academic performance of our players isn't important, but people overvalue it's importance versus on the field results, revenue from ticket sales, and support from donors. [/QUOTE]
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