re: John Chavis signs 3 year 4million dollar extension to stay at LSU

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You do know that there is no salary cap in college football, right?

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Agreed. But when the top salary for more than one coach gets raised that raises the market. A more expensive market for coaches is good for a program like A&M.

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He deserves it

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Agreed.

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When Sumlin got paid so much for doing so little, it messed the market up entirely.

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I wouldn't call it "messed up." We just raised the market. And others followed- soon after we did it Texas paid a brand new coach $5 million a year.

As I said before, a raised market is good for A&M. Hopefully it will get so high that more successful programs with less money (aka not SEC) won't have a chance to protect their coaches from us (or compete for us for coaches). That will give us an "undeserved" shot at something bigger one day.

College football is one big damn catch 22. You get good coaches and recruits because your program has a history of success. Your program builds a history of success by having the best recruits and coaches. It is a never-ending cycle, and the only way late bloomers like us or an Oregon can break in is on $ and style.