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| System ID: | jl-63b373879d27dec863f250bef6f8e9f8 |
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| Title: | How much do college players really get paid? Schools don't want you to know -- but you should |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | programs; schools; college; million; state; athletic; south; know; carolina; really; players; public; paid; revenuesharing; dont; player; University; American football; Sport of athletics; LSU Tigers football; Public university; Basketball; The Athletic; NC State Wolfpack men's basketball; Texas Longhorns; South Carolina Gamecocks; Trade secret; Alabama Crimson Tide football; Lane Kiffin; University of Connecticut; University of Massachusetts Amherst; James Madison; Athletic director; Lawyer; Privacy |
| Datetime: | 3/26/2026, 8:30:46 AM |
| Summary: | Public schools that receive public money generally make their budgets public. The Athletic has requested payrolls and budgets from more than 70 schools since it became legal for them to pay players directly July 1. Comparable cases are ongoing in South Carolina and New Mexico. But how much should they apply at public schools if the top basketball player at JMU was paid like an associate dean ($140,000) or when quarterbacks now rank among many states’ highest paid public workers? That hasn’t stopped lawmakers in South Carolina and Wisconsin from sending anti-transparency bills to the governor (it was vetoed in South Carolina and pending in Wisconsin).... |
