U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) have filed an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act that would cap college coaching salaries at $5 million. If it passed, the cap would hit a big part of the sport.
Right now, 46 college football coaches make at least $5 million a year, and 15 FBS head coaches make $10 million or more. Georgia's Kirby Smart leads the way at $13.3 million, followed by Indiana's Curt Cignetti and LSU's Lane Kiffin at $13 million each.
The results don't always match the money, either. North Carolina's Bill Belichick, Colorado's Deion Sanders, and Florida State's Mike Norvell all sit on hot seats of varying temperatures, and all three are still paid near the top of the market. We're a long way from 2009, when Mack Brown became the first FBS coach to reach $5 million a year at Texas. Under the proposed cap, that number would become the ceiling.
That said, most of the 35 proposed amendments, including Booker and Murphy's salary cap, aren't expected to be adopted before the bill's formal Senate vote. Senate passage is only one step, though. The House is on recess until after the November midterms, and pushback is expected when members return.
Still, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has named his finish line: President Donald Trump signing the bill on ESPN's College GameDay. Trump has strongly backed the legislation and has promised to sign it if it reaches his desk.
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