“In reality, Meyer is not worth $7.6 million per year, which will make him the third-highest paid coach nationally behind Alabama’s Nick Saban and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney. He is worth more.” -David Briggs, The Toledo Blade In terms of the market value, Urban Meyer— as well as Saban and Swinney— are worth whatever a school is willing to pay him; and far be it for me to stand between another person and a paycheck. However, the other side of the equation is whether or not a school— Ohio State in this case— should be willing to pay their football coach that much money? In his article, Briggs does a good job of breaking down all of the value that the OSU football program— and by extension, Meyer— brings to the university at large; including the athletic department surplus, enrollment spikes, enhanced marketing abilities, and much more; and all of that…
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