Via ESPN: Alabama to make formal offer to Saban later today
Alabama has only floated numbers that will be in the $4 to $4.5 million range, but over an 8- to 10-year term.There are 11 colleges coaches who make over $2 million a year. There are four coaches in the $3 million-plus range, if you count USC’s Pete Carroll, who made $2.93 million this year and should be over $3 million next year. Notre Dame’s Charlie Weis, Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz and Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops are over $3 million.
I am not sure what constitutes an appropriate or fair salary, but it seems to me that a public institution signing a contract in the range of $40-$50 million strikes me an too much.
James Joyner at OTB Sports has additional comments.
One has to wonder, as a quote from the Dolphin’s owner in Joyner’s post suggests, as to whether Saban is using this situation as a way to up his salary with the Phins.