(05-28-2018 03:35 PM)kevinwmsn Wrote:  The issue with cost of living is that cost of living varies all over place. For instance Georgia state is in Atlanta, which has a higher cost of living than say Tuscaloosa area or some other small college town vs metro area like Atlanta, LA, New York.

Egh...there aren’t a lot of places in the US where $500k = uncomfortable living

(05-30-2018 07:46 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  

(05-30-2018 06:10 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(05-30-2018 05:30 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  

(05-29-2018 08:16 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(05-28-2018 03:34 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  If it affects all public schools there would be enough votes to make it a NCAA bylaw. I would think $500k is a good number for max pay.

The real question becomes what would the universities do with the extra money they would have.

How do you figure there would be enough votes? More likely outcome would be a breakaway from the NCAA if the poorer schools try to press this issue. It would be all the excuse they would need.

My question would be if California is dumb enough to do this, would Cal and UCLA just drop down to FCS, or would they drop football entirely?

The realignment board would light up with suggestions for how the PAC should replace them.

My statement was to if it became national law. There are more public universities than private universities in D1 athletics so the votes would become NCAA bylaw. I don't think the privates would have enough pull to break off and be successful so they would have suck it up and agree to the changes. It would also be the Big Ten and SEC leading the way on making sure it got passed at the NCAA level.

As government employees they should be limited on their income just like the rest of the employees. If you want to make more money in coaching then go to a pro league and make more money. The same argument made about why the athletes shouldn't be paid can be made for the coaches. The coaches can get a free education and use the college experience to land a lucrative coaching job. Or that only applies to people 18-23?

At some point it starts to be a constitutional problem. If the states are colluding to limit coaches salaries, they will lose just like the NCAA lost trying to limit assistant coaches salaries. One school or state can do it. Collude and its a violation.

Most government jobs have a tiered levels of pay so the simple solution is to make tiers for the athletic department. I can see how trying to regulate only assisstant pay but if you regulate the whole department I don't see how it would be struck down. Otherwise all government pay would need to be redone including the military.

Many (most?) states cap what the school can pay for a coach but don't limit what the coach can receive from the private booster club.

Chad Morris receives less than a quarter of million from Arkansas and the rest of the $3.5 million is from the Razorback Foundation.