Jedd Fisch, who might’ve been a Wolf on Wall Street in another life, last week went over the line when he mentioned that the Oregon-Ohio State game was
Said Fisch: “The new world order of college football will allow us to be able to spend what other programs are spending. It will make it really cool to see what football looks like.’’
Or not.
Washington head coach Jedd Fisch, left, shakes hands postgame with Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz after the host Hawkeyes defeated the visiting Huskies 40-16 on Oct. 12 in Iowa City, Iowa.
If Fisch’s figures are even close to being accurateÌý— $20 million per roster at Oregon and Ohio StateÌý— it suggests that perhaps a dozen players are being paid about $1 million per year and many others in excess of $100,000. That’s crazy. That’s not “really cool,’’ it’s really unsustainable to all but maybe 10 college football teams. It has fractured the long, beloved nature of college football.
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