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IMO, one of the problems is escalating coaches salaries. Why can’t coaches be on a reasonable pay schedule similar to professors? If “the brand” is bringing in all the eyes and money, why does Dabo Swinney need a nine figure contract while some professor at Clemson with a PhD makes, I dunno, low six figures?

Its a fair point. Far more than coaching salaries, the greed of the schools ruined the amateur model. You cant in good faith demand amateurism while you squeeze every dollar out of your alumni/fans, create super-conferences that make no geographic sense and have huge TV contracts with 4 hour games due to the ridiculous commercial
times.

Im fine with revenue sharing but NIL and free agency will destroy the sport if left like this

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Posted by TideWarrior

Asheville/Chapel Hill NC

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 3/15/24 at 6:23 am to scottydoesntknow

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squeeze every dollar out of your alumni/fans

This is part of the issue. The expectation of the shareholders who are demanding a great ROI. We saw what happen at a&m when Jimbo failed to produce on the field. UT I believe is following the same path.

We here the game is now controlled by the players but in reality it is those who are donated now have even more control then in the past. It is like having a company once in charge by a CEO now having a board that everyone must answer to and which also has a say in everything. Easy to see why Saban hung it up.

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