College sports leaders act like children in CFP squabble

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How coaches salaries and the NIL bill affects college football

Dan Wolken breaks down the annual college football coaches compensation package to discuss salaries and how the NIL bill affects them.

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The date was Jan. 15, 2016, long before anyone conceived of a 16-team College Football Playoff, a transfer portal or seven-figure NIL deals for replacement-level basketball players. The place was San Antonio, where NCAA officials and college administrators gathered for their annual convention. And the topic; oh boy, was it a hot one. 

By the second year of so-called “autonomy” for the Power Five conferences – a power grab that theoretically allowed the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 to expand athletes’ benefits without being slowed down by smaller schools – they were already out of big, controversial ideas. 

But there was one issue creating significant debate within the room: A proposal that would allow schools to pay for lodging, meals and entertainment for up to four family members on official recruiting visits.

To normal people, unencumbered by the bureaucracy of tedium that rules college sports, this is common sense. Of course an athletic department with a nine-figure budget trying to attract top talent should pay lodging, meals and entertainment expenses for up to four family members. 

But for these folks, College Athletics Brain always takes over. So naturally, someone in the room wanted to litigate exactly what that meant. After all, if you’re at UCLA, entertainment expenses could mean four courtside seats to a Lakers game that might be worth more than a two-bedroom house in, say, Starkville, Mississippi. And wouldn’t providing that for recruits just be ……

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