Matta's pay among tops in country

• Prescott

  Matta comes in tied for 4th at $2.25 million per year.
  
  http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/03/09/mattas-pay-among-tops-in-country.html
• Hb31187

  

  Lol best coach in the big10 isnt even top 10 paid
• Laley23

  

  Hb31187 wrote: Lol best coach in the big10 isnt even top 10 paid

  Better than Izzo???
  
  Id argue for Ryan ahead of him as well.
• Hb31187

  

  No...im saying the best coach in the big ten(Izzo) isnt among the top 10 paid
• Laley23

  

  Hb31187 wrote: No...im saying the best coach in the big ten(Izzo) isnt among the top 10 paid

  duh. I completely misread your post.
• JSOPro

  Laley23 wrote:

  Hb31187 wrote: Lol best coach in the big10 isnt even top 10 paid

  Better than Izzo???
  
  Id argue for Ryan ahead of him as well.

  I'd guess he was referring to Izzo considering he said "isn't even top 10 paid".. matta IS top 10
• centralbucksfan

  What is missing with this article is all the hidden $$$. What is listed is only salary and bonus money. Add in TV, Radio along with Nike/Adidas or whomever...then things tend to change quite a bit.
  I am sure when its all said and done, Izzo is getting what is deserved.
• hoops23

  

  I know Izzo gets a ton of stuff from Nike... Been to one of his coaching camps a couple summers ago. We all got Nike shoes/gear...
• krambman

  

  centralbucksfan wrote: What is missing with this article is all the hidden $$$. What is listed is only salary and bonus money. Add in TV, Radio along with Nike/Adidas or whomever...then things tend to change quite a bit.
  I am sure when its all said and done, Izzo is getting what is deserved.

  No, all of that stuff is included in coaching contracts. I've seen coach Tressel's contract and the university shells out less than a million dollars a year to him (or at least they used to). The rest of his $3+ million comes from TV/radio and endorsement deals written into his contract. There's no way OSU is paying all $2.25 million of Matta's contract. Not even close.
• Azubuike24

  

  krambman wrote:

  centralbucksfan wrote: What is missing with this article is all the hidden $$$. What is listed is only salary and bonus money. Add in TV, Radio along with Nike/Adidas or whomever...then things tend to change quite a bit.
  I am sure when its all said and done, Izzo is getting what is deserved.

  No, all of that stuff is included in coaching contracts. I've seen coach Tressel's contract and the university shells out less than a million dollars a year to him (or at least they used to). The rest of his $3+ million comes from TV/radio and endorsement deals written into his contract. There's no way OSU is paying all $2.25 million of Matta's contract. Not even close.

  Agree with this. Look at some coaching contracts and you will see the actual salary is generally pretty low. This number most likely includes all the extra monetary compensation. Some of the hidden stuff could include non-monetary benefits that can definitely be pretty expensive. Things such as uses of a charter plane, housing, meal benefits, etc...a lot of it adds up over a year to often times just as much or more value than the actual money.
  
  I'd venture to say that Calipari makes almost double that in value when you consider that he has a private plane that allows him to basically travel anywhere in the country on a whim. He will take recruiting trips to the west coast for a few hours and then come back in the same night.
• centralbucksfan

  http://www.nabc.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030905aaa.html
  
  He was given a raise after this as well.