Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide, who earned $7 million in 2014, looks on during the game against the Western Carolina Catamounts, November 22, 2014

Who Gets Rich Off College Football?

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 25, 2015

Two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Gilbert Gaul discusses the money culture of college football, and how it has come to dominate colleges and universities. College football has become a $2.5-billion-a-year entertainment business, with lavishly paid coaches, lucrative television deals, and corporate sponsors. In Billion-Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football, Gaul examines the financial model that supports college football and its effect on universities overall.

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