re: APU - where do you stand?

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2. These guys deserve something for what they give to the school beyond tuition, room and board

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No.

This is the same logic by which the fast food worker says they should make 15 dollars an hour instead of minimum wage.

The owner of the restaurant took the risk in buying in, paying franchise fees, building a building, etc. After food costs (athletic dept, university expenses) are removed, and payroll is removed, royalties paid, etc...a restaurant owner is lucky to pull 25-30% profit out of a restaurant. If all the minimum wage workers got that 15 dollars an hour they want, then a big mac would cost 20 dollars, everything would be far more expensive, and the same broke bastards who cant afford anything now, still wouldn't be able to afford anything.

Drive up wages, and drive up prices, the haves will continue to have and the have nots will continue to have less and less of what they already don't have.

Ready to pay 200 face value for a single game ticket? Go ahead and pay the players.