Milt Rosenberg had Rick Telander and another guest on his program to talk about college football and corruption. College Football has no place in an academic setting one of which Milt Rosenberg spent much of his time around and he even said he hardly ever attended any of these sporting events. Rick Telander and this other guest went on Milt's 50 watt radio program based in Evanston and basically talked about the situation of college athletics and how much money these big-time programs make and how little of it benefits the academic institutions. They also talked about how much these universities spend to achieve the standard for these athletes so they can pass their classes with at least a D average. You average student would never get these free resources that colleges allow unequally because someone can pass a ball quickly to another fool.
These players are paid pittance while at the same time many are highlighted through these television contracts that bring these five big conferences millions of dollars. The spending of these programs for huge staffs of friends and people on the payroll Milt asked these sports experts and Telander mentioned how they spend thousands for the best tile shower floors and a huge water fountain as in the case for the women's locker room in the University of Alabama. Milt was flabbergasted how much money the coaching staff can achieve these days as head coaches by far make ten times more than the president of these top notch state and private universities. Rick Telander being a former player and making his livelihood from writing about sports naturally seemed to side with these huge salaries for these coaches few of which are minority despite the high level of black players in division one football that has been the case forever. I love milt's programs looking at college sports from time to time and he is a pretty cool guy for someone born in 1915. 
This insightful discussion of the corruption and influence of college football on the social and academic scene can be found in the archives of Milt Rosenberg's podcast and anytime you can hear Milt bash sports on Americas colleges it is good along with one of the three great sport writing Ricks.
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