Jedd Fisch's '$20 million roster' perspective anything but 'really cool' | Greg Hansen's Notebook

Jedd Fisch, who might’ve been a Wolf on Wall Street in another life, last week went over the line when he mentioned that the Oregon-Ohio State game was “a battle of two $20 million rosters.’’

Said Fisch: “The new world order of college football will allow us to be able to spend what other programs are spending. It will make it really cool to see what football looks like.’’

Or not.

If Fisch’s figures are even close to being accurate — $20 million per roster at Oregon and Ohio State — it suggests that perhaps a dozen players are being paid about $1 million per year and many others in excess of $100,000. That’s crazy. That’s not “really cool,’’ it’s really unsustainable to all but maybe 10 college football teams. It has fractured the long, beloved nature of college football.

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Is that what the new era of college football is meant to be: a showcase for 20 ridiculously wealthy football programs?

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