(01-05-2020 08:34 AM)chester Wrote:  

(01-05-2020 08:11 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Some have mentioned caps in leagues like the NFL, NBA, etc.

To my knowledge, no league has a cap that applies to coaching salaries, only to players.

If the coaches don't form a union that can be bargained with, caps have no legal standings.

As long as Washington doesn't legalize it, sure... (God willing, they won't)

But look at it from the Cartel's perspective. Their no. 1 priority is to keep players from being paid for their services. As Delany hinted at, they can no longer depend on the courts to allow them to cap player compensation. Their best bet now is to try get an antitrust exemption that codifies their longstanding economic suppression of valuable college athletes.

The Cartel also knows that it would "look bad" if they have the legal ability to dump on players while coaches have continual access to a free market.. Right?

It ought not surprise anyone if the NCAA seeks the ability cap coaches' pay or asks Congress to regulate their pay for them. After all, the Cartel has already tried to cap the pay of certain coaches, as has been noted in this thread.

Call me crazy, but I thought this discussion was being conducted within the bounds of the existing legal framework, as it seems ipso fatso obvious that Congress isn't going to waste any time working up legislation relating to the salaries of college athletics coaches.

That would seem to be an issue of about less than negligible concern. But hey who knows?