For years college sports fans have argued that if coaches can make as much money as possible and move around as often as they want, players can too. Now, as the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA) continues to move towards passing, one U.S. Senator is hoping to level the playing field by capping coaching salaries.
According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, Senator Cory Booker has worked with Senator Chris Murphy to file an amendment to the PCSA which would cap coaching salaries at $5 million per year. Dellenger noted that it’s one of over 35 known amendments proposed to the PCSA, but that most amendments have “little change” of making it through.
“Sen. Cory Booker, with Sen. Chris Murphy, has filed an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act to cap coaching salaries at $5 million a year, per a copy obtained by @YahooSports. It is one of 35+ amendments filed. Most of them have little chance of being accepted,” Dellenger reported.
Vehement Opposition
As much as some fans may applaud the idea of college coaches getting salary capped just as hard as some players are expected to be capped, there’s an equal number of people who hate the idea, believing that a school should be allowed to pay a coach as much as they feel the coach is worth:
“This bill is absolute garbage. College sports have never been more popular. A cap only stunts growth. Anytime the government gets involved, business goes to die,” one user declared.
“Why does that matter? If a school wants to pay an employee $12M, it’s their right to do that. This is about the students,” wrote another.
“At this point these are just being filed as political statements. This Bill has become a circus act,” a third wrote.
The PCSA has already undergone some procedural voting but has several more such votes to undergo before it goes to the floor. And while it may have enough support to pass right now, any amendments that get passed could risk losing support from some members of Congress who were already on the fence about it.
This could come down to the wire.
