California proposing amendment to limit coach salaries
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Is California trying to get rid of college athletics and/or make their public teams obsolete? What coach would go work for $200k living in CA when you can make millions in a cheaper state?
Heck, $200K would probably barely cover property taxes at some big time coach's homes.
Heck, $200K would probably barely cover property taxes at some big time coach's homes.
$200K from a state that's broke and another few million from wealthy donors. Probably not a problem at USC, UCLA, Stanford, and Cal.
Yeah, CA legislators tend to propose a lot of stupid things.
USC and Stanford would love this. They're private schools, so it wouldn't affect them. It would crush UCLA and Cal though
Too little and way too late. Nice sentiment but a futile empty gesture at his point. Our country is built today on greed and inequity.
I have to bring some rational facts into the typical CA bashing here:
CA ranks 24th in state debt as % of GDP (15%). Perhaps you meant to say that at least half of all states are "broke"?
Self and Calapari should be the #1 targets here with this line of thought. Not Cal and UCLA coaches.
Coach Cal is raking in millions and his state is 4th in terms of debt they can't carry at 22%.
Coach Self is raking in millions and his state has the #1 most debt as a percentage of GDP in the country at 25%
Frank Martin in South Carolina is sitting strong in a state with the #2 most debt.
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That would be colossally stupid, so my guess is that they just might do it.
I'll bite. How would a law passed in California impact a coach in KS or TN?
Edit - meant KS & KY...
It wouldn’t.
Just pointing out that if CA is ‘broke’, at least half of all states are “broke”. Kansas and Kentucky being in dramatically worse shape than CA.
It’s just the truth.
This most likely a 2017 stat which is benefiting from the stock market gains and a new CA tax increase. CA has one of the most volatile economies in the US and has long been in the red. The fact that CA leads the nation in the poverty rate is a real concern if the market doesn't remain strong.
So, they limit state funded "salary" to $200K to score political points with the hard left progressives. Then the supplemental compensation from donors, networks for coaches shows, Nike/Under Armour/..., camps, etc cover the rest and nothing really changes in the bottom line.
It has the 5th largest economy in the world. California is doing just fine
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-now-worlds-5th-largest-201724211.html
