A Magician Named Gob
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Watching Friday Night Lights for the 3rd or 4th time and it made me wonder how they've got that system set up and it's something you don't really get in Europe. Would our players benefit from playing for their local school and then going to university over heading straight into the youth teams and generally dropping out to concentrate on football at 16?
After looking at the draw for the Scottish Cup tonight, I had a look at the opening rounds and saw that Glasgow University were easily disposed of in the preliminary rounds by a team from Prestonpans. I'm fairly certain that every university could have extremely well funded sports teams as well as the facilities.
It's a cultural thing but it's something that we don't really have at all here. Most secondary school teams are thrown together from a trial or two and have hungover teachers earning a bit of extra money on the sidelines.
In America, their coaches are the highest paid state employees in most of the individual states.
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...d-college-football-college-basketball-coaches
It seems like there's big money in it in America. With individual clubs down south basically building university style academies and stockpiling talent from around the world, is it a stupid thought to think that universities almost fill that space in our country already?
After looking at the draw for the Scottish Cup tonight, I had a look at the opening rounds and saw that Glasgow University were easily disposed of in the preliminary rounds by a team from Prestonpans. I'm fairly certain that every university could have extremely well funded sports teams as well as the facilities.
It's a cultural thing but it's something that we don't really have at all here. Most secondary school teams are thrown together from a trial or two and have hungover teachers earning a bit of extra money on the sidelines.
In America, their coaches are the highest paid state employees in most of the individual states.
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...d-college-football-college-basketball-coaches
WHO'S THE HIGHEST-PAID PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IN EVERY STATE?
This year's Final Four is a good example of why big-time college sports coaches make big-time money. The three public school coaches -- Dana Altman, Frank Martin and Roy Williams -- are earning a combined $7.2 million in base pay this year. But guess what? Not one of them tops his state payroll. Here are the 50 best-paid public employees in the U.S. for 2016 ... and a whole lot more dollar data.
(Many) money men
Of the 50 U.S. states, a college football or men's basketball coach was the highest-paid employee in 39 of them in 2016. If you're wondering why Coach K or David Shaw aren't listed, it's because they work at private institutions. And yes, a few of these coaches -- Les Miles at LSU and Tom Crean at Indiana, for example -- don't even work there any more. (Salary data source: USA Today report)
It seems like there's big money in it in America. With individual clubs down south basically building university style academies and stockpiling talent from around the world, is it a stupid thought to think that universities almost fill that space in our country already?