Assistant Inflation

[rchrisreade]

Reports of Dave Aranda leaving LSU and $1.8MM to go to TAMU for over $2MM a year.

http://www.chron.com/sports/aggies/...m_source=CMS Sharing Button&utm_medium=social

 

[Bremser]

Reports of Dave Aranda leaving LSU and $1.8MM to go to TAMU for over $2MM a year.

http://www.chron.com/sports/aggies/...m_source=CMS Sharing Button&utm_medium=social

College football compensation bubble. Beat the bubble with low turnover. Oh...we’re ok then.

 

[RedMyMind]

A&M going all in, basically trying to purchase a title.

 

[CameronKrazie86]

No money for the players.

 

[SoFL Husker]

Sign of the Times.

 

[StrongArm517]

A&M going all in, basically trying to purchase a title.

Won’t work

 

[RedMyMind]

Won’t work

I don't think so either. Jim Harbaugh and Michigan come to mind.

 

[TwinsRRUs]

If I was Dave Aranda, I would want the hell away from Orgeron too! Aranda's D did allow Troy to score 24 points, but only allowed Auburn to score 23.

The history of Nick Saban's rising salary, how it's been viewed
Updated May 3, 2017; Posted May 3, 2017​

Ten years can change a lot about how we value $4 million.

Nick Saban's first Alabama contract sent shockwaves through the college football world when Mal Moore lured him back from the NFL. The eight-year deal for $32 million total would make Saban's annual check of $4 million a game changer.​

At the time, it was the highest salary ever paid to a college head coach.

Adjusted for inflation, Saban (at $4.8 million) would only be the eighth-best compensated coach in the game now. His fourth new contract of the Alabama tenure helped assure Saban wouldn't be down the salary depth chart any time soon.

Announced on Tuesday, Saban's new eight-year, $65 million deal will pay an average of $8.2 million a year -- more than double the pre-inflation adjusted total from that initial 2007 contract.​

At the time, it was the highest salary ever paid to a college head coach.

Teams that pay like this are outliers. 5 teams can pay that, but that doesn't mean the rest of college football will be there any time soon. Saban's 2007 contract would still be in the top 10 today, 10 years later.

This $2.5M pay will eventually be the norm, but probably not for 20+ years.

Fun factoid: College tuition is the only thing that inflates as fast as college football coach salaries!

 

[rrthusker]

He’s now paid more than 80 head coaches.

 

[WHCSC]

I thought there was some sort of salary cap for college football coaches? I guess not.

 

[davecisar]

As an A&M Alumn, and 7 year Texas Resident- I can say with great confidence- A&M has kind of always been of the opinion they could buy a title. When I went there we used to joke- "Worst team money can buy"

As to spending $2.5 on an assistant- why shouldnt they?
They are the highest revenue earning program in the US
The football program was nearly $60,000,000 in the black last year:
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

They have many donors with very deep pockets and the donor list is also very wide. Most years they are getting over $700,000,000 in donations from Alumns and Business. Add to it the permanent University Fund- worth over $18,000,000,000 that funds just A&m and UT- A&M gets 1/3 of those disbursements every year. They can afford to do just about anything money can buy.

The campus is one of the largest in the US
On campus Polo Fields, Golf Course and even orienteering grounds
They have unreal facilities- literally anything they want
Top 10 in National Merit Scholars
Largest enrolment in Texas
Very selective now- getting many of the top grads in the state.
Fairly good weather- about 100 miles Northwest of Houston
Outstanding fan support
100 miles from Houston, 3 hours to Dallas,.3 hours to San Antonio, 2 hours to Austin and VERY strong reputation and reach to the fertile recruiting grounds of East Texas- and deep history of getting students from West Texas. Perfect spot- close but far enough away to grab up kids from all of Texas

With the right leadership they might be able to pull off being a national power as the only Texas school in SEC. Like it or not the SEC still carries a lot of weight with lots of people- even though the BIG is catching up a bit.
A sleeping giant if there ever was one.
https://today.tamu.edu/2013/12/20/y...y-in-state-one-of-most-diversified-in-nation/

It is kind of in the middle of nowhere and the scenery isnt anything to brag about- very similar to here. They still have that old reputation of being a fairly homogeneous outpost that focuses on Engineering and Ag- with Cadets.
But with the advent of the Internet a once sleepy college town outpost is now a small and thriving University centered place that works.

But when A&M and NU play- Im always rooting for my Huskers- wearing NU gear all the way and my Aggie ring.

 

[HuskerOH]

No money for the players.

ONLY A FREE EDUCATION, MEALS AND A ROOM TO LIVE IN. If these free employees take advantage of the big bad colleges it can change generations. What is the likelihood of any these kids being able to attend college without having the talent to play football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, soccer, or bowling.

If you want to keep buying into the lies and deceit keep going down that road. The greed of these schools will catch up with them in time, but the legacy the FREE education will do to change generations will continue on down the line.

(P,S.- If you are a subscriber to ESPN, purchase licensed merchandise, or go to games... You are part of the problem)

 

[TheBeav815]

I wonder if the NCAA does something about it soon. There are only a handful of programs that can afford to pay like that. I'd be curious to know the correlation between salary and winning percentage.

If there are two obvious things they need to change about FBS football, it's expanding to an 8 team playoff and setting some kind of limits of head coach pay.