<p>originalog, I think the point is that the original discussion was focussed on those who play football or basketball which are generally the two big college sports. Forgive me if I’m mistaken but I don’t think that coaches of other college sports are making those huge salaries. In addition, as you mentioned and as others have said, the football and basketball players are probably most often those who are not academically successful. The stats you posted would probably be very different if they did not include ALL athletes. And again, no one is referring to all athletes in this discussion.</p>