re: Yahoo: Coaches on the hot seat

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As with most things, the market will take care of this problem by itself.

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I thought it would but it really hasn't yet.

The bloated salaries really don't bother me that much. If a school wants to pay a coach $10-12 million a year, whatever. It's the length of these deals and how ridiculously one-sided they are that schools have to quit tying themselves to.

If the coach wins, he's probably coming back in 2-3 years looking for a raise and an extension anyway. If another job comes along that he wants, he can pretty much leave whenever he wants. But if things go south, the school is stuck staring at some massive buyout because they guaranteed him 8-10 years.

The school basically takes on all the risk while getting very little leverage in return.

I'd much rather pay a guy $12 million a year for 4-5 years than $9 million a year for 10. You're probably renegotiating the deal if he wins big regardless, so what exactly are you gaining by guaranteeing all those extra years?

The salaries aren't what's killing schools. It's the years, guarantees and buyouts that make these contracts so stupid.

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the bill did not address any kind of NIL cap to my knowledge

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You're right.

The cap was on program to player payments . But, the bill also tries to crack down on using NIL as pay for play instead of actual market value of an endorsement -- which would severely limit it in theory if not practice.


Still, the logic is the same about congress being told programs can't keep up with the spending increases and also being asked to put limits on billionaires throwing personal fortunes at their toy teams through NIL.

I can simply see how that leads to the question of coaching buyouts.

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wasn't there supposed to be a clearinghouse for NIL deals this past year to make sure most deals fit into an agreed upon valuation? I can't say I heard of any deals they flagged but could be wrong.

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I heard about it but don't know. That it seemed to make no difference may be why it's a feature of the bill.


Added: NIL is so difficult because it is simply pay for play with endless gymnastics to keep from calling it that.

another example of a self inflicted wound by the school

6-7

10-3

6-7

10-3

and might be back to 6-7 this year....but hey got us to the first round of the playoffs, better re up that deal ASAP!

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Shane Beamer, South Carolina Buyout: $22-24 million

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how did he get this buy out,

And i noticed Saban had nothing to say about coaches salaries, coaches bolting, and the asinine buyouts.

OU could probably swing that buyout but it would be painful. I didn’t see this terrible start to the 2026 coming. Mateer has been a total bust