re: Has college football lost its soul?

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It lost its soul once Saban came to bama and coaches started becoming millionaires.

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Bobby Bowden was making over $2 million after bonuses (with the salary just under 1 million) way back in 1995.

Spurrier was up to $2 million by 1997, and the average head coach was at $417,000 by 1998.

By 2004 over 20 coaches were making over a million dollars.

Les Miles was given a contract that ensured he would be the highest paid coach in the SEC in 2008 - he was assured a match of the highest paid coach, plus $1,000 to make sure he was the highest paid.

Dave Aranda was paid $2.5 million in 2018 by LSU to be a defensive coordinator - which had him making more than 70 FBS head coaches at the time.

Blaming Saban and Alabama shows a very limited understanding of the history of coaches' salaries.