Pretty interesting and surprising tidbit from Ross Dellenger, the reporter who recently interviewed prez Joe; paraphrasing
He said we are actively using the B1G’s self-imposed salary cap in negative recruiting terms; and both us (+ 3 other ACC schools) and Texas Tech are cause to believe that the ACC and XII might not impose a similar salary cap conference wide. Ross and Andy Staples felt pretty confident that the SEC was going to do something similar as the B1G.
They released their podcast (College Football Enquirer via Yahoo Sports) before this news of Brett Yormark stepping down in January, which I’m assuming could reorder the big 12 conference’s priorities away from this compensation ceiling. I think the big XII is more likely than the ACC to impose the cap because:
1. Cody Campbell has spent tens of millions on getting the PCSA passed
2. The Big XII doesn’t have a major spender outside TT. Maybe BYU and Arizona, but it’s doubtful that their totals exceed 50 Million
Speaking for the ACC and its legislative process; Not sure if 4 schools, or even one, are/is enough to limit a self-imposed cap from being enacted.
I’m of the belief that these conference wide measures mean absolutely nothing considering the B1G said it was effectively immediately yet 5-6 B1G schools are immediately in violation of the cap; yet voted with the rest of their conference members to approve of the cap. But if we can benefit from a toothless PR stunt/confidence game, that’d be great.
We saw how quickly the SEC walked back their own confidence game/stunt when it was reported they were going to enact a must-sit-for-one-year mandate for any player’s second transfer, and a ban on any transferring in-between SEC clubs. So we’ll see what transpires in these upcoming weeks.
