Expansion and rivalry games

[Prestonyte]

The 2023 season will be a year of lasts, and for those who enjoy normalcy, buckle up.
If Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, taught us anything, rivalries are alive, but most of them, quite frankly, are not all well and may not be for the foreseeable future.

Rivalry Games, and the Impact of Realignment - Mike Farrell Sports

"There's a lot of traditions that we've had for a long time in college football," Saban told 247Sports. "I think we're in a time of evolution for whatever reasons. Some of those traditions are going to get, sort of, pushed by the wayside, I think. It's sad."

Nick Saban speaks on realignment and the loss of rivalries, traditions in college football: 'It's sad' - CBSSports.com

 

[18IsTheMan]

What's surprising to me in all of this is how few coaches speak up in opposition to realignment. Some of them will make side comments, like Saban's above the reveal they aren't really in favor of it, but none will flat out say "expansion is bad for the game; we shouldn't doing it" even though there are many coaches out there who respect and value the traditions of college football.

I guess nobody wants to upset the gravy train.

 

[gamecock stock]

I wonder how coaching salary increases over the past 50 years compare to the average guys'? I suspect it would be an "eye opener". Realignment is all about money.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I wonder how coaching salary increases over the past 50 years compare to the average guys'? I suspect it would be an "eye opener". Realignment is all about money.

To say salaries have exploded would be an understatement. This article gives a nice run down:

A history of skyrocketing CFB coach salaries, from Camp to Swinney

Let’s go back to the beginning and adjust everything for inflation along the way.

www.bannersociety.com

Considering no coach hit the million dollar mark for annual salary until the mid-90s to where we are now is stunning. Spurrier's 1996 salary of $1 million would be $1.94 million if simply adjusted for inflation.

 

[Deleted11512]

To say salaries have exploded would be an understatement. This article gives a nice run down:

A history of skyrocketing CFB coach salaries, from Camp to Swinney

Let’s go back to the beginning and adjust everything for inflation along the way.

www.bannersociety.com

Considering no coach hit the million dollar mark for annual salary until the mid-90s to where we are now is stunning. Spurrier's 1996 salary of $1 million would be $1.94 million if simply adjusted for inflation.

But hey, let's all eat cat food so we can give to NIL collectives to make those coaches' jobs easier.

 

[gamecock stock]

But hey, let's all eat cat food so we can give to NIL collectives to make those coaches' jobs easier.

Perhaps one day, the peasants will have had enough and, thus, do an uprising.

 

[KingWard]

What's surprising to me in all of this is how few coaches speak up in opposition to realignment. Some of them will make side comments, like Saban's above the reveal they aren't really in favor of it, but none will flat out say "expansion is bad for the game; we shouldn't doing it" even though there are many coaches out there who respect and value the traditions of college football.

I guess nobody wants to upset the gravy train.

You can't be campaigning against money now if your school might be in line to get some. It's just not done. Complaining about expansion is for dewy-eyed fans, idealistic professors, columnists on soapboxes, plus the presidents, coaches, and ADs of schools that are not on the gravy train and will never be on it.