The whole discussion of cutting Boals pay is driven by pettiness. There isn't a movement afoot to reduce coaching pay either at mid majors with many paying more than ever. Saint Louis is the top mid major and they are paying their coach 2 million and probably spending at least 3 million on NIL.
Pettiness? What's petty about what I said, exactly? We have a limited budget. Some of it now goes to players. There's less money for coaching salaries than there was before. Seems logical, not petty.
We also basically have nothing in common with St. Louis. City school, no football, bigger conference, better tv deal.
On the other hand, we've got a lot in common with MAC schools. How does Boals' pay compare to MAC schools?
The MAC makes more on its TV deal than the A10 and the NCAA income is about the same at this point. Big East that is a different story they make 7.7 million a year. They apply that money toward their 8 million dollar rosters. Obviously they dwarf the MAC in a couple of ther areas like ticket sales and credit income from the NCAA tournament.
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The top schools in the A10 are only doing 3 million in NIL + Revshare. Ohio could get their by third party deals, transfering basketball related revenue and/or outright institutional spending. Absolutely without a contribution the administration could spend 3 million on the players if it wanted to do but it doesn't.
The spending Ohio is doing on NIL/rev is what they deem adequate to compete in the MAC. In some cases they'll need to spend a little more or less depending upon position or individual. They need to keep up but I'm telling you it isn't really an arms race when the revenues aren't there at the A10, MVC etc. to put pressure on the player marketplace. Its leveled off quickly because there is hardly any money outside of the power conferences at least for basketball.
Going back to the idea of a gift, naming rights Ohio could turn around and use that money to push up the player budget to a degree relative to MAC peers if they believed an advantage could be obtained by it. 3 million spent on the roster could be something to aspire to.