Latest filing in NRLB case as to whether CFB players are employees: Party wanting revenue and salary data from USC’s football program lean on George Kliavkoff - the Pac-12 Commissioner with a penchant for fouling up legal proceedings. USC wants the data excluded as evidence. GK on the importance of high salaries for coaches:
This was confirmed by the current Pac-12 commissioner who stated that investing in better coaches and facilities for a football program ends up with the school getting better recruits, which “lead[s] to more wins and that leads to direct and indirect revenue, alumni engagement, increased undergraduate applications”