Jay Rosenstein, University of Illinois professor of Media and Cinema Studies, Author at Investigate Midwest

‘No Taxpayer Dollars’ for coaches at the University of Illinois? It’s a lie

by Jay Rosenstein, University of Illinois professor of Media and Cinema Studies December 27, 2017January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

While taxpayer money doesn’t technically go to pay the coaches’ actual salary lines, taxpayer money does pay for the salary packages for most every UI coach, trainer, and full-time athletic department staff member. That’s because UI athletic department employees are UI employees, so they receive the same “standard university benefits” as all other UI employees.

And benefits for UI employees – health, dental, etc. – are paid for by the state of Illinois. In other words, the taxpayers.

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