Even if football returns this fall, there are plenty of reasons for athletic departments to reduce their budgets in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Spending is easy when the football money is bountiful, but as we’re seeing right now, when the football money is in jeopardy, there are masses of problems.
I’ve seen a lot of good ideas about the reduction of future athletic department expenses (and even temporary coaching salary cuts make some sense), but one idea that’s not very good was floated earlier this month: Coaching salary caps. Here’s a snapshot of that idea, which I read about recently.