I am slightly surprised that Mack Brown’s pay raise hasn’t come up on this blog. As a contributing, card-carrying Libertarian I really have no problem with any school who can afford to do so paying their head coach any amount of money. Mack Brown has had great success over a decade plus period now, and if there’s any college coach who deserves to make the most money in 1-A football it’s probably Brown (one could Argue for Urban Myer with more championships but Brown has been at it longer and has compiled an amazing record, frankly).

I saw this mentioned on ESPN earlier today , and there is probably some validity to it. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4744679 I do have some concerns about the precedent this pay raise sets, regardless of my sometimes laissez-faire attitude about economies. Programs hiring new coaches could fall into the haves and the have-nots when it comes to talented coaching staffs, if unchecked coaches pay continues as it seems to be doing. I would hate to see CFB become something akin to MLB, where there are a few big market teams (Texas, Florida, Ohio State) and then everyone else falling somewhere below the big spenders. I don’t see the NCAA allowing unchecked spending forever.