As stated many time, the Big Richer Programs drive up the costs to stay Big and Richer and it is easier to change 20 Programs instead of burdening 130, it is time for level playing field on Staff, Rosters, and others factors so Competition is more level and Revenues can grow but not less than Costs the keep going up. We shall see what can be done, the NCAA has its own Hypocrisy as well. To be fair it is not just Alabama but others too. For Example, USC has a Personal Assistant to every Assistant Coach. The costs to stay competitive keeps going up. On the other hand, I do not care for innuendo and rumors from other Coaches when CBS Sports should investigate the real sizes of staffs before quoting unknown coaches against Bama. They have the ability to do it, and if not, they have to consider that "Other Unnamed Coaches" might have reason to target BAMA too, for their own competitive advantage. Additionally, having an Unnamed Big Ten Coach from the Big Ten cry about BAMA when the Big Ten accepts Unlimited Non-Qualifier Recruits smacks of pique? Big Ten looks like they are upset that SEC Schools are better but Big Ten wants that Competitive Advantage of CFB revenues to be higher than other conferences and allows Nebraska to have huge Walk-On Rosters? The Big-12 limited Nebraska on Limiting Non-Qualifiers and was one of the reasons Nebraska left for the Big Ten as cited in the media. So, a little attack by Unknown Coaches on BAMA and SEC is Big Ten Hypocrisy too. The NCAA has open Lobbying offices in Washington DC and was done so to have Congress step in in case the Power Five Conferences decide to go for a For Profit League and already the NCAA does not control The NCS Playoff Committee. The NCAA still controls the March Madness Basketball Tournament but that could too, if 65 Schools move towards For Profit Status for even more money to meet growing costs! A good read, but Nicholas Lou Saban Jr., has become the William Stephen Belichick, of Envious Winning when actually Saban was smart to learn it from Belichick under him in Cleveland. Both are two most knowledgeable coaches in Pro and College Football and being better is the American Way! I expect more from CBS Sports on getting more facts before writing an article?
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When NCAA Football Oversight Committee chairman Bob Bowlsby basically went out of his way Friday to say the association will take a "deep dive" into the size of football staffs, the NCAA's lasers were aimed directly at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. No one really had to say that and -- in fact -- they didn't during a conference call to announce the early signing period. But it's a widely held assumption that Alabama has the largest staff in college football. We're not talking the nine on-field coaches allowed by the NCAA; we're talking about everybody.
Former Alabama offensive consultant Eric Kiesau provided a comprehensive inside look at the operation last year."It's a whole other section of the building," Kiesau told me. "There are guys, like students, who played football in high school and love Alabama. They watch recruiting film all day long. Then you have your top guys. They start making cut-ups so the assistant coaches are more efficient with their time." The enduring image is of a highly-successful, efficiently-run, utterly brilliant football sweatshop. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. This is an organization so cost-effective, former Washington and USC head coach Steve Sarkisian was paid $28,000 just to consult. Kiesau says the number of Alabama analysts and consultants assisting full-time assistants numbers 10-15. Other coaches have told CBS Sports they suspect that number to be much higher.
One big problem: No one really knows what that number is -- or what it should be. That's where staff size becomes an issue. To some, it is a symbol for the widening gap between the haves and have nots. The voices from the coaching community are getting louder. If, for example, Minnesota can't afford one analyst and Alabama has an unlimited number, well, that's a competitive advantage...................If there is one thing coaches hate, it's being outspent before their teams can be outplayed."It's an unfair advantage," one Big Ten coach said. "It's completely ridiculous."
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took it further."The mistake they're making is they don't have control of these analysts," he said. "It's ridiculous. "I don't care what the number is, the analyst position is a good thing for coaches who got left out of the coaching search. We bring them in here and pay the $50,000. But there needs to be a limit. Why should one school have 15 and I have two?" If you have any doubt this possible legislation is aimed at Alabama, consider Saban's almost immediate reaction last week. "I guess it's the paranoia that we all have that somebody else is doing something that I am allowed to and everyone else is allowed to do," Saban told reporters, "but you choose to do it." The have-nots continue to worry they will be spent into irrelevancy. Until further notice, those 65 Power Five schools need to play those Group of Five schools (Sun Belt, MAC, Conference USA, Mountain West, American) to pad their nonconference schedules.......But look who we quoted above -- two Power Five coaches. There is a simmering concern below the surface that the richest of the Power Five (SEC, Big Ten) have already caused some sort of financial separation at the top. Since 2010, 10 of the 18 spots in the national championship (55.5 percent) have gone to those two conferences. They represent only 42 percent of the Power Five...................On one hand, Saban is right in suggesting he is "trying to promote the profession" and "develop guys." Alabama's coach has made an admirable habit of hiring down-on-their-luck coaches for analyst jobs............Bowlsby admitted any such limitation might face legal challenges. It's been 28 years since the NCAA foolishly lost a landmark case trying to limit the pay of entry-level coaches. If there is one thing that gets the NCAA's antenna up, it's their possible legal liability...............
LINK:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/hey-nick-saban-the-ncaa-is-coming-to-limit-the-size-of-your-football-staff/
Excerpts:
When NCAA Football Oversight Committee chairman Bob Bowlsby basically went out of his way Friday to say the association will take a "deep dive" into the size of football staffs, the NCAA's lasers were aimed directly at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. No one really had to say that and -- in fact -- they didn't during a conference call to announce the early signing period. But it's a widely held assumption that Alabama has the largest staff in college football. We're not talking the nine on-field coaches allowed by the NCAA; we're talking about everybody.
Former Alabama offensive consultant Eric Kiesau provided a comprehensive inside look at the operation last year."It's a whole other section of the building," Kiesau told me. "There are guys, like students, who played football in high school and love Alabama. They watch recruiting film all day long. Then you have your top guys. They start making cut-ups so the assistant coaches are more efficient with their time." The enduring image is of a highly-successful, efficiently-run, utterly brilliant football sweatshop. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. This is an organization so cost-effective, former Washington and USC head coach Steve Sarkisian was paid $28,000 just to consult. Kiesau says the number of Alabama analysts and consultants assisting full-time assistants numbers 10-15. Other coaches have told CBS Sports they suspect that number to be much higher.
One big problem: No one really knows what that number is -- or what it should be. That's where staff size becomes an issue. To some, it is a symbol for the widening gap between the haves and have nots. The voices from the coaching community are getting louder. If, for example, Minnesota can't afford one analyst and Alabama has an unlimited number, well, that's a competitive advantage...................If there is one thing coaches hate, it's being outspent before their teams can be outplayed."It's an unfair advantage," one Big Ten coach said. "It's completely ridiculous."
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took it further."The mistake they're making is they don't have control of these analysts," he said. "It's ridiculous. "I don't care what the number is, the analyst position is a good thing for coaches who got left out of the coaching search. We bring them in here and pay the $50,000. But there needs to be a limit. Why should one school have 15 and I have two?" If you have any doubt this possible legislation is aimed at Alabama, consider Saban's almost immediate reaction last week. "I guess it's the paranoia that we all have that somebody else is doing something that I am allowed to and everyone else is allowed to do," Saban told reporters, "but you choose to do it." The have-nots continue to worry they will be spent into irrelevancy. Until further notice, those 65 Power Five schools need to play those Group of Five schools (Sun Belt, MAC, Conference USA, Mountain West, American) to pad their nonconference schedules.......But look who we quoted above -- two Power Five coaches. There is a simmering concern below the surface that the richest of the Power Five (SEC, Big Ten) have already caused some sort of financial separation at the top. Since 2010, 10 of the 18 spots in the national championship (55.5 percent) have gone to those two conferences. They represent only 42 percent of the Power Five...................On one hand, Saban is right in suggesting he is "trying to promote the profession" and "develop guys." Alabama's coach has made an admirable habit of hiring down-on-their-luck coaches for analyst jobs............Bowlsby admitted any such limitation might face legal challenges. It's been 28 years since the NCAA foolishly lost a landmark case trying to limit the pay of entry-level coaches. If there is one thing that gets the NCAA's antenna up, it's their possible legal liability...............
LINK:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/hey-nick-saban-the-ncaa-is-coming-to-limit-the-size-of-your-football-staff/
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