Budget amendment would cap Virginia college coach pay - JIM NOLAN AND MICHAEL PHILLIPS, Richmond Times-Dispatch

A pair of proposed amendments to Virginia’s two-year budget target fees paid by public college and university students to subsidize school athletics programs. The amendments attempt to build on a September 2013 study by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, which found that on average, 12 percent of what students pay in tuition and fees go to intercollegiate athletics. The JLARC report, requested by the General Assembly to assess factors contributing to increases in college costs, concluded the programs do not generate sufficient revenue to cover expenses without student fees. Those fees average $1,185 per student across the 15 public institutions in the commonwealth. http://www.staffordcountysun.com/news/politics/article_f454d1a0-9902-11e3-b511-0017a43b2370.html