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9:44p, 8/22/25

They are in the top five

So for us to be really competitive gotta raise over $20m a year

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In reply to Oakbear • 7:23a, 8/23/25

Oakbear said:
They are in the top five

So for us to be really competitive gotta raise over $20m a year

Just double the coaching staff's pay, and, voila!

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7:31a, 8/23/25

Is that staff and player salaries or just the coaches?

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In reply to Bearly Clad • 7:58a, 8/23/25

Bearly Clad said:
Is that staff and player salaries or just the coaches?

Coaches. Just coaches. Nice work, if you can get it.

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In reply to Bobodeluxe • 8:22a, 8/23/25

Best job in America is fired head football coach and no one will convince me otherwise. You get other opportunities in coaching and broadcasting forever no matter what your results were and you keep collecting your buyout money while getting paid by your new employer

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In reply to Bearly Clad • 1:05p, 8/23/25

Bearly Clad said:
Is that staff and player salaries or just the coaches?

LSU coach Brian Kelly said when asked if LSU was spending $18 million in NIL payments to the players that it was "about right".

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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 4:03p, 8/23/25

Eastern Oregon Bear said:
Bearly Clad said:
Is that staff and player salaries or just the coaches?

LSU coach Brian Kelly said when asked if LSU was spending $18 million in NIL payments to the players that it was "about right".

~$180K/player-yr avg? Good nest egg to graduate with w/o an NFL contract

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In reply to Bobodeluxe • 8:04p, 8/23/25

Bobodeluxe said:
Bearly Clad said:
Is that staff and player salaries or just the coaches?

Coaches. Just coaches. Nice work, if you can get it.

Holy crap.

NCAAF in the 2020s summarized in one meme:

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In reply to Bobodeluxe • 8:21a, 8/24/25

Bobodeluxe said:
Bearly Clad said:
Is that staff and player salaries or just the coaches?

Coaches. Just coaches. Nice work, if you can get it.

Compared to Cal, they have over twice as many butts in the seats for every game, sometimes even closer to 3 times as many. So, you have that revenue even before you start counting the SEC dollars.
I don't think this is all that surprising...

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11:16a, 8/24/25

From an ESPN article polling agents/gms on cost of players in the NCAA

QB: $1 mil-$2 mil
RB: $300k-$700k
WR: $400k-$800k
TE: $200k-$400k
OT: $500k-$1 mil
IOL: $300k-$700k
Edge: $500k-$1 mil
DT: $300k-$800k
LB: $200k-$500k
CB: $300k-$800k
S: $300k-$700k

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