Administrators tend to feather their own nests.
Salaries for the average administrator are going up much faster than for faculty members. Many classes are over-crowded and necessary classes often nearly impossible to get into. A quick look at the recently released survey Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States put out by the National Research Council of the National Academy, shows the fallacy of such arguments. Usually it is argued that sports bring large amounts of money and recognition into a university. It's also pretty obvious to even the most casual observer that at the best academic universities in this country sports and athletic entertainment are downplayed I would argue that what's going on is truly nefarious.