SEC Proposes $70M Salary Cap in New Rumors on Potential CFB Rule Changes, Financial Penalties

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InKellyWeTrust said:
Do we think a salary cap is actually going to discourage the SEC from funneling even more money via backdoor channels?
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I’m driving so I can’t read, would the salary cap replace NIL or would there be a salary cap and players can earn additional NIL?
 
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Knew this was coming & I knew it would be pushed by the SEC. Most of us know how this would play out. The usual suspects would go back to paying under the table & finding other avenues of paying more money to secure the best players knowing most schools outside their conference would adhere to the cap. It’s not just SEC schools that were cheating before NIL but I can’t think of a modern conference pushing the envelope (pun intended) more than they did. Some yahoos will claim it’s to protect SEC programs from themselves (aTm, LSU, etc) who waste millions on mediocrity. So there will be virtue signaling & the demonization of teams who “buy rosters” but I don’t trust that cartel over any of the other BS in CFB
 
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InKellyWeTrust said:
Do we think a salary cap is actually going to discourage the SEC from funneling even more money via backdoor channels?
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No. If the SEC passes this rule, other teams will in good faith abide by it, and the SEC will go back to circumventing those same rules in underhanded ways.

This is 100% designed to bring back the SEC's "car dealership owner's $10,000 handshake" advantage. They cannot seriously compete when the likes of ND, Indiana, Michigan, OSU etc. under the current rules because those schools have a donor classes in galaxies well outside what the SEC schools can offer. This tries to cut out that main advantage.
 
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The rich schools up north have put their giant balls on the table and the SEC is quivering. From the biased ranking, BSPN talking points, to this. Everyone sees what’s happening and everyone is calling them out on it.
 
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Katzenboyer said:
No. The SEC will pass this rule, other teams will in good faith abide by it, and the SEC will go back to circumventing those same rules in underhanded ways.

This is 100% designed to bring back the SEC's "car dealership owner's $10,000 handshake" advantage. They cannot seriously compete when the likes of ND, Indiana, Michigan, OSU etc. under the current rules because those schools have a donor classes in galaxies well outside what the SEC schools can offer. This tries to cut out that main advantage.
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70 million is a good amount to build a roster. I Believe if the SEC goes rogue again other conferences will respond. Conferences have a ton of power (even with the Pate conferences are dying mantra, they aren't).
 
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TNUtoNotreDame said:
70 million is a good amount to build a roster. I Believe if the SEC goes rogue again other conferences will respond. Conferences have a ton of power (even with the Pate conferences are dying mantra, they aren't).
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That's not what their proposal is. The fines BEGIN at $21.6 million. The $70M number is included to show what would result in a $10M penalty. From the article:

In a proposed plan the league is socializing with other conferences, the SEC would establish a conference cap policy penalizing schools for spending over the $21.6 million House settlement revenue-share cap, with escalating fines that exceed $10 million for those spending more than $70.5 million on their rosters.

This means a school could spend $70.5 million on its athletes with a fine of more than $10 million as the penalties are a cumulative total of the tiers.
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The SEC wants to pass this rule because they want other schools to abide by the $21.6 million cap. The less competition there is for competitive offers elsewhere, the more UGA and Bama can go back to stacking their rosters with five-stars willing to wait 2-3 years on the bench. That's the advantage they want to bring back.
 
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Katzenboyer said:
No. If the SEC passes this rule, other teams will in good faith abide by it, and the SEC will go back to circumventing those same rules in underhanded ways.

This is 100% designed to bring back the SEC's "car dealership owner's $10,000 handshake" advantage. They cannot seriously compete when the likes of ND, Indiana, Michigan, OSU etc. under the current rules because those schools have a donor classes in galaxies well outside what the SEC schools can offer. This tries to cut out that main advantage.
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Prime example is Clemson. Dabo is "refusing" to play the NIL game because Clemson's donor base is small. They literally can't compete on a national NIL level and its showing itself over the last 2 seasons.
 
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Cackalacky2.0 said:
Prime example is Clemson. Dabo is "refusing" to play the NIL game becasue Clemson's donor base is small. They litterally cant compete on a national NIL level and its showign itself over the last 2 seasons.
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Yup. Clemson and FSU are two schools that benefitted greatly from the old system. They've been buried, because there's no billionaries from either school that are willing to dump money into the football program.
 
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Pete said:
Wouldn’t they need to collectively bargain with the players for a salary cap?
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I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure the answer to this is no, so long as the antitrust protections remain part of the bill that's now before Congress.
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
The rich schools up north have put their giant balls on the table and the SEC is quivering. From the biased ranking, BSPN talking points, to this. Everyone sees what’s happening and everyone is calling them out on it.
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I see what you did there.
 
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Why is there no call for a coaching salary cap? Or an AD salary cap? Until they do that they can GTFOHWTS for athletes. Let's see Nick Saban say head coaches shouldn't make more than $5M/year and $2.5M for coordinators, ADs capped at $1M, no university admins over $1M -- chime in on that before you undercut the 18 year olds that will be going pro in something else in 4-5 years you bunch of hypocrites.

The route for kids is longer term contracts with buyout clauses and revenue shares. Sign a 3-4 year contract and you are free to go if new school buys you out. $100k/$200k/$300k might be your schedule - someone wants you as a junior they pay your school 50% or $150k to buy out that year of your contract. Some no NIL school might agree to a 20% share on transfer contracts to motivate development - showcasing your skills to get a $1M QB contract and the school gets $200k of it. All healthier for the sport and helps feeders fund themselves and compete.
 
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