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TboneJones said:
I’m from Louisiana, I’m an LSU graduate, and I also graduated from LSU Law. Let’s be real — there’s a network effect at play in college athletics. Many of the same agents represent media figures, university presidents, athletic directors, coaches, and even players. That overlap creates an environment where inflated contracts and oversized buyouts don’t happen by accident — there’s a coordinated ecosystem benefiting from them.


But the economics are shifting. With player compensation now a permanent part of the model — and only headed higher even after collective bargaining and a future salary cap — head-coach salaries are going to have to come down. It’s inevitable.


Consider the numbers:


  • Average NFL head coach salary: ~$6.6M
  • Average SEC head coach salary: ~$8.1M
  • Average Big Ten head coach salary: ~$6.8M
  • Average ACC head coach salary: ~$5.8M

College coaches — particularly in the SEC — are being paid above NFL levels, despite vastly different labor structures and revenue realities. That’s not sustainable once players are fully paid participants in the system.


Look at LSU specifically: Brian Kelly was earning roughly $10M annually, which is about half of LSU’s estimated $20M athlete revenue-share obligation. When one coach’s salary equals half the total player-compensation pool, the model is broken. The math no longer works — and the market will correct.
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I am from Louisiana too. But wasn't dumb enough to get into LSU. So had to geaux to the U instead. Tough gig.
 
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Them ninjaz mad af lmfao 🤣
 
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TemplarCane said:
College football needs a complete economic overhaul.

From coaches salaries, recruiting rules and ethics, player compensation, conference alignment, everything.
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Agree, but who's going to do it? It's amazing how these institutions of "higher learning" are so short-sighted about the future of the sport and how "they" need to control the future of the sport - not the TV networks, not the courts, etc. Plus, they need to do it as a group and actually think about the good of the sport instead of each institution looking out for its own necks.
 
RF-4CCane said:
I would assume this is the case in most states. UF and FSU etc., are Agencies of the State of Florida. That’s why Florida Governors appoint or are involved in the appointing of State University Presidents. (See UF recently).

I’m surprised at the number of folks that don’t know that and think a Governor has no right to step into that situation. Now granted, LSU’s situation is extreme, but it’s a state with only one large land grant University, so it’s the face of the State, by and large.
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Au Contraire, there’s nothing extreme about what happening at LSU. Guvna Huey Long not only determined who would coach the Tigers( Bernie Moore) but interfered even with the Band and Cheerleaders. He also increased enrollment and improved the facilities and paved the way for the future of LSU fb. For better or worse.so the precedent is their for Landry to be a bigger a** than Huey.
 
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