the real Josh Allen dillema

[ragtimejoe1]

To the topic, yes it is concerning at the inability to develop a generational talent but no reason to hope for Josh to fail. Ridiculous!

Regarding expectations at WYO, didn't we hear something about Fiesta Bowl from players/staff?

Alabama? No. NY6 Bowl? Hell, yes.

 

[WyoBrandX]

The NCAA needs to step up and salary/budget cap all coaches in Div 1 football. Congress should follow suit and deny any tuition or research funding to universities that don't implement the salary/budget caps. There isn't any need for gold plated urinals in the locker rooms. At a certain point, this is just getting too far out of control.

Playing fields need leveled in order for all institutions to be competitive. There is no reason for texas to have a $100m football budget per year. That is just taking away from higher learning in general.

Even with their recent slide, Texas averages 93,000 attendance per game. We average about 1/5 of that. Our athletic budget is about 1/5 of the Texas budget. I know that's a gross over-simplification, but it is what it is...big business. According to some viewpoints, the current state of college football is the level playing field. The schools with more resources have the larger athletic budgets. Isn't that how things work in America?

I certainly understand your point - my point is - their head coach makes $5.5m a year at an institution that is funded in part by taxpayers of state and country. Salary caps/budget caps at these institutions should be mandatory. They aren't curing cancer - they are being judged on 36 hours of football per year. In doing so, they are getting every institution out there to waste more money trying to be competitive. It would be one thing if these were all privately funded private institutions, but many of these are public institutions receiving taxpayer money to fund education.

I get what you are saying, however, it should be noted that most of the big schools like Texas don't use any state monies to pay for their coaches' salaries.

No state funds are used to pay for any salary in the UT athletic department, which is completely self-sufficient. - Houston Chronicle

They get that money through ticket sales, TV revenue, merchandise, concessions, etc.

Even at smaller schools like Wyoming, a portion of the salary may be from state funds but the majority of the salary comes from donor dollars.

Having said all that, I agree with you that there should be a cap on coaches' salaries regardless of where the money is coming from.

I've done a fair amount of research on this subject. Not enough to be an expert by any means though. What I have figured out though - finances are everywhere. Some universities are really robbing peter to pay paul. Others make so much money, they give peter and paul both a raise.

Salary caps would be a good thing.