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This could be a game changer for coaches if it happens (Restore College Football Act)
Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:46 pm
I don't know the sources but man this would rework the system.... LINK For decades, college sports have been dominated by billion-dollar TV deals, million-dollar coaches, and student-athletes fighting for scraps. Now, that power dynamic is being challenged by one of the biggest legislative moves in college athletics history. It's called the Restore College Sports Act.
Salary Caps on Coaches Could Rebalance the Power
At the heart of the bill is a salary cap that would limit coaches’ pay to no more than 10 times the cost of attendance at their respective universities. It’s a direct shot at the soaring coach salaries in football and basketball. For context, Georgia’s Kirby Smart is currently the highest-paid coach in college football and would take a staggering $12.42 million pay cut from his $13.28 million annual salary. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and Texas’ Steve Sarkisian would also be hit hard, facing reductions of $11.1 million and $10.6 million, respectively.
Salary Caps on Coaches Could Rebalance the Power
At the heart of the bill is a salary cap that would limit coaches’ pay to no more than 10 times the cost of attendance at their respective universities. It’s a direct shot at the soaring coach salaries in football and basketball. For context, Georgia’s Kirby Smart is currently the highest-paid coach in college football and would take a staggering $12.42 million pay cut from his $13.28 million annual salary. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and Texas’ Steve Sarkisian would also be hit hard, facing reductions of $11.1 million and $10.6 million, respectively.
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 1:55 pm
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Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:56 pm to flagshipuniversity
Lots of state universities already have caps. You just get around it by having the rest of the money come from the foundations.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:59 pm to flagshipuniversity
Saban was only paid like $200k a year by Alabama.
The rest of his salary came from a separate organization funded by donors. It's basically the same everywhere.
Beyond that, another example of government getting involved in places it doesn't belong, highlighted by the fact that the people proposing the bill have less understanding about the system than some random dude on a forum.
The rest of his salary came from a separate organization funded by donors. It's basically the same everywhere.
Beyond that, another example of government getting involved in places it doesn't belong, highlighted by the fact that the people proposing the bill have less understanding about the system than some random dude on a forum.
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:59 pm to flagshipuniversity
Supreme Court:
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:08 pm to Imber
What a dumb idea. Limit the professionals that have worked for decades to get there, but don’t limit the athletes who have proven nothing and are leeching off the system. Sounds legit. It’s so retarded it will probably happen
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:14 pm to flagshipuniversity
It’s ridiculously simply. Quit paying athletes money. Give them a scholarship for a free education which includes room/board, books, clothing, tutoring, health care, nutrition etc. This could work to entice kids when non athletes are paying thousands of $ per semester and aren’t afforded everything the athlete is. We could be onto something
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:27 pm to flagshipuniversity
College football is a mess and needs help…
However, the government, especially the Federal government needs to stick to things allowed in the “enumerated powers”…. And stay the frick out of sports. That’s not what our tax dollars pay them for do!
However, the government, especially the Federal government needs to stick to things allowed in the “enumerated powers”…. And stay the frick out of sports. That’s not what our tax dollars pay them for do!
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:06 pm to lefty08
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Limit the professionals that have worked for decades to get there, but don’t limit the athletes who have proven nothing and are leeching off the system.
1) No one gives a frick how long someone has worked. It’s all about their value. If Jim is more valuable on Day 5 than Joe is on Day 5,000, then so be it.
2) Johnny Fivestar didn’t become a five star randomly. He proved something somewhere. And besides, coaches fail all the time in new jobs and get fired for failing to live up to expectations. They still get a ton of $$$.
3) Players are more important to the business of CFB than coaches. The worth of CFB coaches has primarily been their ability to recruit the best players, not dazzle the world with X’s and O’s.
Ohio State’s roster coached by a good high school staff would beat the shite out of Kent State’s roster coached by Ohio State’s staff.
Players on the field who can simply run fast, throw far, and hit hard are more exciting to watch than Coach Smith’s new RPO concept.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:57 pm to flagshipuniversity
Pass.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:58 pm to da foozball
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It’s ridiculously simply. Quit paying athletes money. Give them a scholarship for a free education which includes room/board, books, clothing, tutoring, health care, nutrition etc. This could work to entice kids when non athletes are paying thousands of $ per semester and aren’t afforded everything the athlete is. We could be onto something
sounds great, but it was never that way and it will never be that way.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 4:03 pm to BigTx
Coach and player money will never get put back in the bottle
There will always be other ways to get the money to the person
There will always be other ways to get the money to the person
Posted on 5/4/25 at 4:11 pm to da foozball
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Quit paying athletes money.
That ain't ever gonna happen, bagman will make the comeback. You can't mess with a players NIL anyway, the SCOTUS says so.
As a Texas fan, the current system is just fine and dandy. We need to give it some more time to iron out the wrinkles.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 4:13 pm to Globetrotter747
We arent fans of players, fans in the SEC would cheer for the church choir if they suited up for our school. Players are much more replaceable than the coaches
Posted on 5/4/25 at 4:27 pm to Globetrotter747
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3) Players are more important to the business of CFB than coaches. The worth of CFB coaches has primarily been their ability to recruit the best players, not dazzle the world with X’s and O’s
The university is more important than the players.
Hypothetically…. Take every 4 and 5 star out of high school and let them go to the UFL or form a minor league. Nobody will watch.
Fill the power 4 conferences up with 2 and 3 stars. The TV ratings will still dwarf whatever minor league / UFL league the NIL’ers play in.
Point is, nobody is tuning in for the players.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 6:04 pm to Freight Joker
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The university is more important than the players.
A $300,000 Ferrari is worthless without gasoline. The programs need players to run the multibillion dollar machine.
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Hypothetically…. Take every 4 and 5 star out of high school and let them go to the UFL or form a minor league. Nobody will watch.
Let a major program refuse to pay NIL and start getting kicked around and embarrassed on the field and the value of the brand and the money it brings in will drop considerably.
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Fill the power 4 conferences up with 2 and 3 stars. The TV ratings will still dwarf whatever minor league / UFL league the NIL’ers play in.
But the college ratings wouldn’t be what they are now without the future NFL stars. Some people follow college football just to see who might be playing for/against the Giants or Bears or whoever one day.
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Point is, nobody is tuning in for the players.
But they are tuning in for winning, and that requires superior players.
The elite players have the fans and programs by the balls because they are eligible to play and necessary to winning. There’s no way around it. Sorry.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 7:34 pm to Globetrotter747
*wrong gif*
Posted on 5/4/25 at 7:44 pm to Victor R Franko
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You can't mess with a players NIL anyway, the SCOTUS says so
What SCOTUS ruling was this specifically?
And aren’t other judicial decisions being based on a law enacted by Congress at the end of the 19th century? So why would Congress be forbidden from changing the law or any laws?
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:29 pm to 3down10
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another example of government getting involved in places it doesn't belong
You mean regulating interstate commerce between state and federally-funded institutions? I think that is part of its job description.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:42 pm to 3down10
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another example of government getting involved in places it doesn't belong, highlighted by the fact that the people proposing the bill have less understanding about the system than some random dude on a forum.
It’s already involved. Judges are making decisions including the revenue sharing based on based in part or wholly on the Sherman anti-trust Act. Judges changing what long standing laws should mean and implementing a pay structure for sharing revenue in college football is them sticking their noses where it doesn’t belong as it’s should be the job of Congress.
The commerce clause very much makes this something Congress thru enacting better laws for college sports and the president using the executive regulatory powers granted within those laws should be involved in.
The article in OP is going over something overly broad, but Congress does need to reform the mess it and judges using old laws have created.
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:59 pm to flagshipuniversity
Why on earth would it be pegged to the cost of attendance? It’d make just as much sense to peg it to the price of a Big Mac.
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