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re: This perfectly illustrates the insanity of today's College Coaching Contracts.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:24 am to WG_Dawg
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:24 am to WG_Dawg
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I hate to be one of those "back in my day!" kinda guys, but it's impossible not to feel that way. I'll never give up on it since it's been such a critical and deeply embedded part of me my entire life since birth, but yeah it's just a shell of what it was.
COLLEGE football shoudl be about amateur student athletes competing against other amateur student athletes that are representing their university, more often than not by guys that grew up in that state. Now it's simply professional football. If I wanted to watch the pros I'd be an NFL guy.
You aren't wrong here. But I still love it. And there is a silver lining to me: Mizzou was always outmatched by programs like Nebraska who would bend rules and cheat to get ahead. So it was never a fair playing ground. Mizzou treated it like an amateur contest for its student athletes. Nebraska and Oklahoma treated it like professional football way before all this NIL and Portal and coaching escalation occurred. So as a Mizzou fan, I have mixed feelings. This new world has definitely elevated our program.
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:25 am to Long and Tall
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F'ing Billy Napier is getting $21 Million to not coach
UF football generates over a 100 million revenue each year, with the football profit in the 35-50 mil / year.... and also Napiers buyout is 10 now and 10 over 3 years... Maybe you need to redirect your disgust to the fans who willingly are spending their discretionary funds on what they choose
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:32 am to Long and Tall
It is ridiculous
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:33 am to Long and Tall
you don't understand monopoly money, do you?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:55 am to Long and Tall
Multi billion dollar TV contracts will do that
$75k in 1975 is $450k today. Many doctors don’t make $450k today. Sure, it’s not millions but it wasn’t “only” $75k
$75k in 1975 is $450k today. Many doctors don’t make $450k today. Sure, it’s not millions but it wasn’t “only” $75k
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:08 pm to Long and Tall
yeah but guys like him were taken care of in other ways.
You'd be amazed at how many times the Good Ole Boys brought Bear into a business deal as a passive partner. Oil deals, real estate, you name it.
You'd be amazed at how many times the Good Ole Boys brought Bear into a business deal as a passive partner. Oil deals, real estate, you name it.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:17 pm to Long and Tall
Surprised Universities selling out for gridiron success didn't happen on a large scale earlier...but TV $ was meager and Networks controlled the limited exposure.
In 1982, Jackie Sherrill was the first coach to receive a contract with a total value exceeding $1 million in college football history with A&M. Jackie Sherrill got Aggie on NCAA probation and then Mississippi State on NCAA probation.
First Million dollar a year base salary was Bobby Bowden in 1995 and then after Steve Spurrier won the National Championship, Florida gave Spurrier $2 million a year just to double Bowden's pay and off we went, tit-for-tat.
So in 30 years we've gone from 1 Coach making $1 million a year to 7 Coaches making over $10 million this year.
Georgia
Clemson
Texas
USC
Ohio State
Florida State
Alabama
In 1982, Jackie Sherrill was the first coach to receive a contract with a total value exceeding $1 million in college football history with A&M. Jackie Sherrill got Aggie on NCAA probation and then Mississippi State on NCAA probation.
First Million dollar a year base salary was Bobby Bowden in 1995 and then after Steve Spurrier won the National Championship, Florida gave Spurrier $2 million a year just to double Bowden's pay and off we went, tit-for-tat.
So in 30 years we've gone from 1 Coach making $1 million a year to 7 Coaches making over $10 million this year.
Georgia
Clemson
Texas
USC
Ohio State
Florida State
Alabama
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:30 pm to Alt26
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The only reason Woody Hayes wasn't making huge money was because college football, as whole, wasn't a hugely profitable entertainment business then. If it were, Hayes would have been a very wealthy man.
This …
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:33 pm to Long and Tall
Coaching salaries are about to go down because the money will be spent chasing players. I think these ridiculous contracts will slow way down in the coming years, but you'll see major increase in reported arrests of 19 year old millionaires.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:41 pm to Long and Tall
College football didnt make much money 50 years ago
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:41 pm to WG_Dawg
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COLLEGE football shoudl be about amateur student athletes competing against other amateur student athletes that are representing their university, more often than not by guys that grew up in that state. Now it's simply professional football. If I wanted to watch the pros I'd be an NFL guy.
Regardless of what you think it should be, you have to view it for what it is, and how it became what it is.
Did you not want the program to financially benefit the university?
If you're interested in freezing college sports in time to prevent further potential revenue streams and financial benefits, how would you do that?
These are obvious questions for anyone who also sees no benefit in just shaking a fist at the sky.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:51 pm to yaherrdme
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UF football generates over a 100 million revenue each year, with the football profit in the 35-50 mil / year.... and also Napiers buyout is 10 now and 10 over 3 years... Maybe you need to redirect your disgust to the fans who willingly are spending their discretionary funds on what they choose
Yeah, because that's just the price you have to pay if you want to land the Head Coach from Louisiana Technical Community College
Billy won 22 games at UF, and they are paying him $21 Million not to coach.
There are a lot of Billy Napier's out there that would have accepted that job without the golden parachute reward for being a loser.
Apparently you, and the administration at UF, are too stupid to understand this.
Do you really think Billy would've turned down the huge raise to coach at UF without the golden parachute $21 Million failure bonus ?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:54 pm to yaherrdme
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What percentage of the budget was that 75k ? What was the profit on OSU football in the 70s and what is it today ?
Also 75K in 1978 is the equivalent of -bout $375,000 today. Obviously a far cry from current contract be it’s not like he on a middle class salary
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:58 pm to Dr RC
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His last 5 years tOSU played just 17 out of 60 games on TV and 5 of those were bowls. Comparing salaries from different eras doesn't really make sense b/c TV and sponsorship money back then was minuscule compared to now.
I find it to be an apt comparison. College football was better before the corporatocracy invaded and started dictating all of these decisions.
Makes me sick to see ads on the field and eventually jerseys now. Is that a weird thing to be upset about? Maybe. But for some reason it just legitimately sours my desire to keep watching.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:59 pm to WG_Dawg
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COLLEGE football shoudl be about amateur student athletes competing against other amateur student athletes that are representing their university,
Bless your heart
Maybe in the 1880s Harvard vs Yale or something but once someone cared who won, it wasn’t that way.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:00 pm to Cosmo
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College football didnt make much money 50 years ago
And it was better as a sport before it became an economic behemoth!
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:03 pm to Long and Tall
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For God's sake, F'ing Billy Napier is getting $21 Million to not coach after compiling a losing record.
No different than Corporate America.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:04 pm to Long and Tall
The cost of an Ohio State football ticket in 1979 was between $6 and $9.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:21 pm to Long and Tall
I feel like Jimmy Sexton is the one to blame for these insane contracts. It started with him and he has only added coaches and increased the asking price for them.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:42 pm to Long and Tall
The salares are crazy but $75k in 1979 was like $330k, I'm not OT rich but wish I made that kinda cash
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