U.S. Senator Calls Out New Ohio State Head Coach's Salary On Twitter

I'm sure they get paid with plenty of tail. At that age it's more important than money.

You just had to say something about Democrats, like present day Republicans are any better. Too much Republican in you.

They don't get free education. They are performing a service to earn the scholarship. Not all departments pay the same. English department might pay less than College of Business. So Football could pay their students more than Volleyball. In fact there are different types of academic scholarships. QB can get a scholly which pays more than a punter. Student workers who perform advanced chores may get paid more than students who answer phones. If a coach's salary can be justified, there is no reason not pay the players. You seem to suggest that the impact of football is quite large. If so, the players should be paid. No reason why fruits of their labor should fund coaches in other sports or generate funds due to increased application pool. In fact, players should be allowed to make money as any other student on campus can. If a student has an award from computer science, she is not prohibited from working in a programming job.

All athletes have a choice to play or not. Hard to feel sorry for them when they make that choice. Bad things can happen

Real f’n dollars would be actual, real f'ing dollars. Not books and a training table. I personally have no problem with athletes getting real f'ing dollars for their role in a billion dollar industry. But I'm a capitalist at heart so perhaps I'm missing something.

“Books and a training table”...could you be more ignorant? I guess you see no value in earning a degree ? You know ...that little piece of paper that gets you job opportunities for the rest of your lifetime...and at salaries that far exceed those without it. If you don’t want to go to college then don’t but gtfo of here with this player exploitation bullshite. A free ride in college IS real f’n dollars....just ask anyone with a student loan or a child in college.

It is a Pandora's box when coaches make whatever a school is willing to pay and no restrictions on movement while kids get no money and have to sit out on transfers

Senators are underpaid if you exclude the amounts that they steal. I wish that we paid senators more, limited terms and recognized bribery and enforced laws against it.

LOL. Senators don’t do their job.

Senators shouldn’t be paid anything. Making a career out of politics is the problem, not the solution.

Not so much by their salary but more by what they get off the books. Mitch McConnell is worth around 60 million from a job that pays around 175,000 this year but much less when he took office in 1984. Corporations have been buying both parties for ages for their benefit over the benefit of the actual voters.

McConnells wealth is estimated in the mid-20mil range. Not saying he doesnt benefit from DC, but most of that came from an inheritance when his MIL died. Harry Reid was dirt poor broke going in DC, and came out a millionaire. They do things with info they get. Like Pelosi did when she shorted some tech stock recently.

chris murphy is fricking clown

Murphy is just another stupid self-serving democrat. Like all leftists, he lies, cheats, and steals, because to him, the ends justify the means.

@joey lol joey? Get a mans name before you talk tough on a message board. Ok jo jo. Lol @ generaldbag bc republicans are any better. You are just to dumb to realize they all suck. Keep believing the shite they feed you like a good moron.

You just sit on a message board and comment on other people's lives.

Actually, at most schools is is state money (taxpayers) as they are state schools. I think LSU is separate but they are more the exception than the rule. Also, at many schools it is rising fees on tuitions that add to the AD's budgets.