The coaches restructuring their contracts are struggling. If the coach wins and the fanbase is behind him, I doubt their contracts will be restructured as they will move on to the next job. How long did Harbaugh stay at Michigan after Manuel cut his pay? I would agree that the rate of salary increases will temper, but schools want to win and they will pay up to win.
I don't see that happening. A salary cap will be created to limit the players' pay, and coaches will end up making even more money than before. The players are still more expendable than the coaches.
They can't cap unless there is collectice bargaining.
They really effed up the sport wasn’t this thinking kind of quaint?
I completely disagree with this point. Yes, the money is very important, but the head coach is much more valuable in an era where players can move at will as you need a coach that players want to play for or they will leave. Look at what is happening at USC right now as the top players don't seem to want to play for Lincoln Riley even though the NIL money is good. Look at Liam McNeeley. He was committed to Indiana but came to UConn because of Hurley not because of the money. Does McNeeley come to UConn if Hurley went to the Lakers and, say, Tom Moore became head coach? No.
Any sort of collective bargaining is going to be hard for the players because they all have very different agendas. Star players will make far less than market value on the surface in order to subsidize paying the players that aren't worth anything. Endorsement/booster money will then be used under the table to steer the top kids towards the biggest brands.
You mean something akin to Colorado ?
Yep, so we have a series of minor leagues JUCO (minor³)> DIII (lower minor²) > DII (upper minor minor²) > FCS (lower minor) > FBS (upper minor) > NFL...and in an alternate universe you have whatever the CFL pretends to be (I've watched the games when nothing esle was on, but this 3 down thing is as much football as lipsyncing during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a real live performance). What's next, unlimited transferring in minor league college football where you get to compete until the age of 30?
NIL, ironically, is not the biggest challenge at the moment.
Having said that, I’ve sat in the coaches area of a P4 school after a reg season game and a lot of time is spent with parents who want to know what they can get in terms of $$$.
Holy smokes, I can only imagine how some of those conversations go..."Coach, my boy scored 2 TDs and ran for 100 yards today, I think that's worth $100K. Get it or he portals out next week...".
I think that stuff already happens, though. No program fires its coach these days without getting a thorough appraisal of who's likely to stay or leave first. Texas A&M, for instance, wanted to get rid of Jimbo but keep as many of his players as possible - so it decided to hire the guy who recruited a lot of those players in Mike Elko.
Peggy would have spent it all.
Charlie Baker was on Pat McAfee today and while I think he’s trying to bail water from the titanic as NCAA President, he made an interesting point.
Diego Pavia court ruling another potentially massive blow for NCAA — 'It's not going to end until we collectively bargain'
The 30,000-foot view of the Pavia decision: It not only paves the way for all junior college players to gain an additional year, but it may invite even more legal challenges over the NCAA's eligibility rules.sports.yahoo.com
If this get held up schools can use JUCOs as minor leagues. Basically park kids for a couple years until they are ready to go.
Issue seems that NCAA doesn't treat Juco and prep schools the same. A player can spend a year at a prep school without affecting his eligibility but if that same player had gone the Juco route, his eligibility clock would have started.
This would be a pretty huge boon for JuCos I would imagine. If this holds up I would assume NAIA will fall into the same umbrellaDiego Pavia court ruling another potentially massive blow for NCAA — 'It's not going to end until we collectively bargain'
The 30,000-foot view of the Pavia decision: It not only paves the way for all junior college players to gain an additional year, but it may invite even more legal challenges over the NCAA's eligibility rules.
If this get held up schools can use JUCOs as minor leagues. Basically park kids for a couple years until they are ready to go.