(12-16-2019 01:04 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(12-16-2019 12:54 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  A cap on coaching salaries would be illegal.

What would you do if half of the employers in your profession got together and agreed to place a cap on your salary? You'd file a lawsuit, and you'd win.

Correct. Unless the coaches choose to form a union and then collectively bargain salaries, then trying to impose a salary cap on them is per se illegal.

While true---its also true that we put caps on the players and they dont have a union either. Thus, as the gap between player compensation and coaching compensation continues to grow artificially---you may see some kind of unique solution---especially if the Romney working group in the Senate moves toward player compensation of some sort. Perhaps, you'll see coaching salaries capped at some multiple of player compensation. That wouldnt technically be a true hard cap---but it would stop the gap between player and coach compensation from growing while also acting as a real world economic governor on the spiraling rise of coach compensation.