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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Chicagoroomie312 on 2023-11-14 17:39:33.
I think that a lot of the coaching carousel coverage is missing an obvious point - it is outrageous for a public university to pay $78 million for someone not to coach its football team. I understand that the boosters will come up with the cash on the side, so it doesn’t come literally out of the general budget, but people need to understand that cash is fungible. The dollars that are being donated here a) could have been donated to the university outright or b) could have been used for literally any other worthwhile purpose other than paying Jimbo Fisher.
My strong suspicion is that the boosters’ donation will be papered to give them a tax deduction for this as well, so effectively all Americans are subsidizing about 40% of this shitshow.
I understand that college sports have been headed in this insane direction for decades now, but A&M really ripped the Overton window wide open here. At some point the inflated broadcast money is going to start to dry up and a lot of universities, public and private, are going to find out that investing in FBS CFB at the expense of the rest of their institution was a huge mistake.
Edit - I’m honestly surprised by how much the consensus here is that this is okay. I still don’t, but accept I am outvoted on this one. Thanks to all those who shared their opinions.