(08-09-2014 08:52 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-09-2014 12:17 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  The commissioners of athletic conferences, most likely, have a more select (and rare) skill set than a secretary does. That is why they are not paid the same. Bilas' point sounds nice, but it is lacking in real world value. Different skill sets are worth more. The worst (compared to their peers) computer science skill set is worth more the best (compared to their peers) burger flippers skill set.

I think Bilas's point was spot-on real world: He knows that the reason a conference CEO is paid more than a secretary is because the CEO has skills that allow him/her to make the conference a lot more money than can the secretary. But Bilas's point was that the same is true of college athletes: Obviously, football players have skills that bring in a lot more revenue than the skills of women's field hockey players, and yet Bowlsby hypocritically says that football players and field hockey players should get the same stipends.

I cannot see any of the colleges wanting to pay the field hockey player and the football player in the same pay grade. I really cannot see colleges desiring to pay the non-revenue/Olympic sports players a dime.

Bowlsby messed up that interview.