FOOTBALL COACH'S PAY
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Speaking in an address in Christchurch of the place occupied by football in the life of students in American universities, Mr. Robert K. Burns, the visiting debater from Washington University, stated that at his own college the football coach was paid a salary of an equivalent in dollars to £3OOO a year. The president of the college received £2500 a year. It was the general rule in America for professors to be paid at a lower rate than football coaches. However, Mr. Burns concluded, the conduct of football as a commercial proposition enabled the college to support other sports, such as tennis and basketball, and even to send wandering debaters to New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 13
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118FOOTBALL COACH'S PAY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 13
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