Report: California considering amendment to limit coaching salaries to $200,000 per year
By Adam Spencer
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The UCLA Bruins recently hired coach Chip Kelly, giving him a four-year, $24 million contract, but it could be the last major contract the Bruins are able to hand out to a coach.
That’s because a proposed amendment to the state constitution aims to limit salaries of non-faculty employees at public institutions.
According to the Daily Bruin, that limit would be set at $200,000 per year — significantly less than guys like Kelly and Justin Wilcox at Cal are currently making:
The proposed amendment limits nonfaculty salaries to $200,000 per year, which would affect coaches that, on some campuses, make millions of dollars, and administrators that make hundreds of thousands of dollars. The proposal also requires the UC Board of Regents to approve higher salaries in public hearings.
Obviously, only being able to pay coaches that much would limit those schools’ abilities to compete in major sports like football and basketball.
Interestingly, USC is a private institution, so the Trojans would likely benefit from this rule, especially when it comes to recruiting the talent-rich state of California.
The amendment hasn’t been passed just yet, but there will be major ramifications on the athletics side of things if it does indeed earn the vote necessary to make it law.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
