re: When will the SEC West realize?

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the market is college football as a whole, not the state of texas and oklahoma. coaches are not paid by regional standards. not how it works, sorry.

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But that is how it works.

Why doesn't every big program just offer the Nick Saban's of the world $10 million a year to come coach for them? Wouldn't USC, Penn St., Michigan, etc. EASILY make back that $10 million a year on the level of success Nick would have/bring?

The answer is because for MOST of the country the idea of running up coaching salaries that high is distasteful. They don't want other ADs giving them crap for running up the cost for everyone.

Except here in Texas. Texans don't get a shite. A&M overpays Bama's coach to take him in the 00's, and Texas was willing to pay the $10 million a year to steal Bama's coach this decade. The social pressure that keeps down coaching salaries everywhere else isn't as strong here.

I mean really, what determines what a coach should make? Why should the CEO (which is what they are) of a company worth billions and that has revenue in over a hundred million a year be locked in only making less than $10 million a year. In 2013 the average America CEO salary is over $11 million a year. Coaches are underpaid nationally. In Texas we don't ignore that fact, we ignore other ADs who are trying to collude to keep that rate down.