Should Urban Meyer get a raise?

[O-town Gator]

Read Jeremy Fowler's blog here: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2009/05/sec-spring-meetings-legislation-might-hinder-urban-meyers-contract-.html

My two cents? I say YES - whatever it will take to give Coach Meyer more incentive to stay at UF and keep doing what he's doing, I'm all for it - and as far as I'm concerned, it's well deserved on his part. For those who are griping about giving him a raise in recession times, look at it from this perspective: Athletics generate considerable revenue for UF, and the more we win, the more the fans will buy tickets and related merchandise, give endowments and booster donations to the Athletic Department, and so on. Profit from the success of our athletic programs can be rolled into other aspects concerning UF, especially student scholarships. The more our athletic teams win, EVERYBODY wins.

Update: Per Jeremy Fowler, Dr. Machen (UF's prez) wold like to see Meyer become the highest-paid coach in college football: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2009/05/uf-prez-hopes-urban-meyer-becomes-secs-highestpaid-coach.html

 

[Mr2Bits]

Yes he should get a raise. Meyer is the best coach in all of football and should be paid accordingly.

That's hilarious reading that Les Miles has an escaltor in his contract to make him the highest paid coach in the SEC... so even if we give Meyer a raise to $4 million, Mile will make like $1,000 more. Even though he lost 5 games last year.

 

[Leakfan12]

I thought Saban was the highest paid coach in the SEC? If UF can without letting anyone go, pay Urban more.

 

[O-town Gator]

Another viewpoint: http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090623/BREAKINGNEWS/90623019/1002/SPORTS

I STILL say: Give Meyer a raise and a generous contract extension that will help keep him in Gainesville and off limits to poachers from other schools. It's so easy for others to say "give it to the students", but what they don't realize is that athletic success genrates money for the school as a whole - to make a buck, you need to spend a buck - it's business common sense. It's worth it to keep Urban Meyer in Gainesville to guarantee the further success of our football program and keep the revenue generated from football flowing into UF's treasury.

Athletic revenue generated from all Gator sports gets channeled into many of UF's programs as well as scholarships for students, so for those who are saying "No" to a raise for Meyer, they ought to think twice before they answer that question.

The more our Gator athletic teams win - EVERYBODY wins.

 

[MahxFahn]

Absolutely give him a raise!

1 Bob Stoops Oklahoma $6,500,000
2 Charlie Weis Notre Dame $4,200,000
3 Pete Carroll USC $4,000,000
4 Les Miles LSU $3,751,000
5 Nick Saban Alabama $3,750,000
6 Jim Tressel Ohio State $3,500,000
7 Urban Meyer Florida $3,400,000
8 Kirk Ferentz Iowa $3,030,000
9 Mack Brown Texas $2,910,000
10 Bobby Petrino Arkansas $2,850,000
11 Tommy Tuberville Auburn $2,825,000
12 Mark Richt Georgia $2,800,000
13 Rich Rodriguez Michigan $2,500,000
14 Bobby Bowden Florida State $2,500,000
15 Philip Fulmer Tennessee $2,400,000
16 Mark Mangino Kansas $2,300,000
17 Greg Schiano Rutgers $2,250,000
18 Mike Bellotti Oregon $2,100,000
19 Frank Beamer Virginia Tech $2,100,000
20 Butch Davis North Carolina $2.100,000
21 June Jones SMU $2,000,000
22 Al Groh Virginia $1,875,000
23 Gary Pinkel Missouri $1,875,000
24 Tommy Bowden Clemson $1,850,000
25 Jeff Tedford California $1,850,000
26 Mike Sherman Texas A&M $1,800,000
27 Art Briles Baylor $1,800,000
28 Joe Tiller Purdue $1,800,000
29 Steve Spurrier South Carolina $1,800,000
30 Ralph Friedgen Maryland $1,750,000
31 Mike Leach Texas Tech $1,750,000
32 Houston Nutt Ole Miss $1,700,000
33 Sylvester Croom Mississippi State $1,700,000
34 Paul Johnson Georgia Tech $1,600,000
35 Joe Paterno Penn State $1,500,000
36 Randy Edsall Connecticut $1,500,000
37 David Cutcliffe Duke $1,500,000
38 Randy Shannon Miami $1,500,000
39 Jim Leavitt USF $1,500,000
40 Jeff Jagodzinski Boston College $1,500,000
41 Ty Willingham Washington $1,470,000
42 Steve Kragthorpe Louisville $1,450,000
43 Bret Bielema Wisconsin $1,400,000
44 Ron Zook Illinois $1,350,000
45 Gary Patterson TCU $1,300,000
46 Rick Neuheisel UCLA $1,250,000
47 Pat Hill Fresno State $1,250,000
48 Brian Kelly Cincinnati $1,200,000
49 Dave Wannstedt Pitt $1,200,000
50 Jim Grobe Wake Forest $1,200,000
51 Skip Holtz East Carolina $1,160,000
52 Mark Dantonio Michigan State $1,150,000
53 George O'Leary UCF $1,150,000
54 Dennis Erickson Arizona State $1,100,000
55 Bo Pelini Nebraska $1,100,000
56 Todd Graham Tulsa $1,100,000
57 Tom O'Brien NC State $1,100,000
58 Greg McMackin Hawaii $1,100,000
59 Dan Hawkins Colorado $1,100,000
60 Mike Riley Oregon State $1,100,000
61 Gene Chizik Iowa State $1,100,000
62 Ron Prince Kansas State $1,100,000
63 Greg Robinson Syracuse $1,100,000
64 Rich Brooks Kentucky $1,075,000
65 Mike Gundy Oklahoma State $1,050,000
66 Mike Stoops Arizona $1,025,000
67 Tim Brewster Minnesota $1,000,000
68 Jim Harbaugh Stanford $1,000,000
69 Bobby Johnson Vanderbilt $1,000,000
70 Tommy West Memphis $950,000
71 Chris Peterson Boise State $900,000
72 Bill Stewart West Virginia $800,000
73 Larry Fedora Southern Miss $800,000
74 Steve Fairchild Colorado State $800,000
75 Ken Niumatalolo Navy $750,000
76 Pat Fitzgerald Northwestern $750,000
77 Rocky Long New Mexico $750,000
78 Chuck Long San Diego State $725,000
79 Kevin Sumlin Houston $700,000
80 Kyle Whittingham Utah $700,000
81 Bronco Mendenhall BYU $650,000
82 Stan Brock Army $650,000
83 Bill Lynch Indiana $650,000
84 Paul Wulff Washington State $600,000
85 Bob Toledo Tulane $600,000
86 Troy Calhoun Air Force $600,000
87 Al Golden Temple $575,000
88 Joe Glenn Wyoming $550,000
89 Mark Snyder Marshall $500,000
90 Mike Price UTEP $475,000
91 Dick Tomey San Jose State $460,000
92 Mike Sanford UNLV $450,000
93 David Bailiff Rice $400,000
94 Frank Solich Ohio $400,000
95 Derek Dooley La. Tech $400,000
96 Mario Cristobal Fla. Int'l. $390,000
97 Tom Amstutz Toledo $375,000
98 Chris Ault Nevada $375,000
99 H. Schnellenberger Florida Atlantic $375,000
100 Neil Callaway UAB $360,000

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[Mr2Bits]

Stoops makes $6.5 million? Holy crap. I still thought like $4 million was the most.

Meyer should be the highest paid coach in the NCAA, but paying him $6.6 million is insane! I'm sure he'd settle for a nice raise that pays him more than any SEC coach.

 

[O-town Gator]

Stoops makes $6.5 million? Holy crap. I still thought like $4 million was the most.

Meyer should be the highest paid coach in the NCAA, but paying him $6.6 million is insane! I'm sure he'd settle for a nice raise that pays him more than any SEC coach.

A raise would be nice for Coach Meyer, but I'd also like to see our athletic department offer him a contract with the same "stay" bonus clauses that Stoopsie's getting. If they're smart, they'll want to consider this.