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Special Report

Field Gold

02-25-2007

A three-part series on college athletics and high finances.

The team with the most green wins.

How many touchdowns does it take to score an electron microscope?

The answer can depend on how successful a football program is — and how generous that program is toward its academic siblings.

The equation between athletic success and academic rewards at public universities is balanced with coaches who can win big, quickly.


• Congress ponders question of sports as a business
• When Florida football prospers, academic programs share the spotlight — and the money
• Debate is raging over a coach’s worth and where the payoff goes
• Schools, coaches craft elaborate formulas to set compensation
• In Lexington, basketball fills the seats, but football pays the bills
• The chasm between have-not schools and the elite
• Sunday, Feb. 25, special section (.pdf)
• Sports money charts (.pdf)

About Steve Ivey

Steve Ivey covered education for The Star.
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