[SamuelMcF]

P.S.  The answer (or something that will go a long way toward rectification):  cap on coaching salaries.  Don't know why it should even be controversial.  Any excess $$ saved by not paying coaches (handsomely, but maybe not ridiculously) gets poured back into the institutions' respective general funds.

This just gave me a terrifying mental image:

The year is 2025. Nick Saban's contract at Alabama (he made $8.8 million in 2019) is finally up, and he decides to retire as a demigod in the state. He never has to pay for a drink ever again.

Dabo Swinney - who made $9.2 million this year, the top-paid HC in the nation - played QB at Alabama once upon a time and is their clear first choice to replace Saban. Alabama enters a massive bidding war with Clemson over poaching him, and he finally takes a gargantuan raise to become the HC at his beloved alma mater for $15 million a year.

I don't think this is so far-fetched...

[SamuelMcF]

P.S.  The answer (or something that will go a long way toward rectification):  cap on coaching salaries.  Don't know why it should even be controversial.  Any excess $$ saved by not paying coaches (handsomely, but maybe not ridiculously) gets poured back into the institutions' respective general funds.

This just gave me a terrifying mental image:

The year is 2025. Nick Saban's contract at Alabama (he made $8.8 million in 2019) is finally up, and he decides to retire as a demigod in the state. He never has to pay for a drink ever again.

Dabo Swinney - who made $9.2 million this year, the top-paid HC in the nation - played QB at Alabama once upon a time and is their clear first choice to replace Saban. Alabama enters a massive bidding war with Clemson over poaching him, and he finally takes a gargantuan raise to become the HC at his beloved alma mater for $15 million a year.

I don't think this is so far-fetched...