Sawvel took a pay cut

[PorkerPoke]

Apparently he signed an addendum to reduce his salary by $125,000 for revenue sharing. He also pulled $100,000 from his retention bonus to retain key staff members.

He credits getting the 3 offensive linemen with that move.

I have to give him credit for trying. I suspect we will now hear how Burman has already put so much into the programs.

I have to give Sawvel credit for doing this in his attempt to put together a better product.

 

[Douglaspoke]

Good for him if this is accurate and not a matter of changing numbers.

 

[Bear Claw]

Based on performance, he should have given 90% back.

 

[Steamboat]

Based on performance, he should have given 90% back.

Maybe, but its a nice gesture

 

[Cowboy20]

I sure hope his investment pays off. It’s pretty embarrassing that we have to have a coach that forfeits a portion of their salary just to try to stay competitive in the NIL market. And with proposed budget cuts from our dumb legislators, there could be bigger things to cry about than Jay on the sidelines. Anyone that cares about UW and the athletics needs to speak up to their legislators AND turn out in the primaries to get some people in there that do care.

 

[TheRealUW]

I sure hope his investment pays off. It’s pretty embarrassing that we have to have a coach that forfeits a portion of their salary just to try to stay competitive in the NIL market. And with proposed budget cuts from our dumb legislators, there could be bigger things to cry about than Jay on the sidelines. Anyone that cares about UW and the athletics needs to speak up to their legislators AND turn out in the primaries to get some people in there that do care.

Eh, there are a whole lot of schools in the same situation we are in when it comes to the new financial reality of college sports. In reality, the majority of schools are struggling to keep up in the NIL world. The only schools that really benefitted from NIL were the schools already in the top 10-15% of athletic budgets and a couple outliers that have a few donors with deep pockets.

UW and schools like it are the majority. What I can't figure out is why these schools keep trying to play the NIL game when the odds are clearly stacked against them. I really wish they would tell the top 10-15% to F off and form their own league with rules that make sense for their budgets. I really don't care if Ohio State, Alabama, Texas, and schools like them are in a league "above" Wyoming. We badly need another division that sits between FBS and FCS.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I’ll give Sawvel credit, putting his own money into the pot shows his commitment. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to matter.

 

[Brew_Poke]

What I can't figure out is why these schools keep trying to play the NIL game when the odds are clearly stacked against them. I really wish they would tell the top 10-15% to F off and form their own league with rules that make sense for their budgets.

Because they'll take all the TV contracts with them. We would never get to see the Cowboys play games outside of MW Network again, and it'd kill most revenue streams (TV, merchandise sales, ticket sales,.etc.).

 

[PAPoke]

Eh, there are a whole lot of schools in the same situation we are in when it comes to the new financial reality of college sports. In reality, the majority of schools are struggling to keep up in the NIL world. The only schools that really benefitted from NIL were the schools already in the top 10-15% of athletic budgets and a couple outliers that have a few donors with deep pockets.

UW and schools like it are the majority. What I can't figure out is why these schools keep trying to play the NIL game when the odds are clearly stacked against them. I really wish they would tell the top 10-15% to F off and form their own league with rules that make sense for their budgets. I really don't care if Ohio State, Alabama, Texas, and schools like them are in a league "above" Wyoming. We badly need another division that sits between FBS and FCS.

I really, really don't understand the difference between this argument and the argument to go to FCS.

 

[TheRealUW]

I really, really don't understand the difference between this argument and the argument to go to FCS.

I guess it all boils down to if you believe leaving the SEC, Big 10, and a few other schools would result in such a significant reduction in revenue that it puts the athletic's budget/revenue into FCS territory. If it does, then there would be no need for another division. But my hunch is that while there might be some reduction in revenue, we would still have significantly larger budgets/revenues than the average FCS school.

The average FCS school operates on a $25 million athletic budget while generating an average of $15.3 in direct revenue - the difference comes from state subsidies and donors.

Contrast this with UW currently. UW's most recent athletic budget was $53 million and direct revenue was $36 million - the rest came from the State of Wyoming and CJC.

This means Wyoming, and presumably a lot of other schools in the same boat, choosing to leave the big boys would need to result in our revenue decreasing by 57.5% and our athletic budget decreasing by 53% to put us on equal footing with the average FCS team. Those are some pretty large reductions, and I just don't see that happening simply because we choose to not be in the same division as Ohio State, Alabama, Texas, etc.