re: What coach in his right mind would come out and say that he's against...

The whole issue stems around the risk v. reward of PFP at major programs.

For any booster at a major program, it is worth the risk of paying a superstar player $50,000 (random number, PFP example) if he can result in millions of dollars in revenue for your institution.

Cam Newton single handedly gave AU the chance at winning the National Championship. Derek Rose did the same for Memphis. The list goes on and on and on. The penalties of being caught (which it is really hard to be caught if a booster and player are smart about their relationship) are not severe enough to 'play by the rules'.

If SHTF, the school's compliance office can self impose fines and penalties on itself and hand over information to the NCAA to please it without ever receiving program-destroying sanctions.

Under the current system the risk v. reward scenario:

Pay superstar thousands of dollars and risk potentially a bowl ban and maybe a few scholarships taken away...

V.

Athlete excels, becomes an instant difference maker, catapulting team into national spotlight, increasing ticket sales, merchandise sales, and post-season opportunities worth tens of millions of dollars for the school.

Are we really surprised the current rules are broken so often?