Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh, fresh off a three-game Big Ten suspension, won’t earn any new fans at the NCAA for his latest coments.
Harbaugh said Monday he would take less money on his coaching salary if college football players and other athletes earned a fair share in revenue sharing.
Harbaugh currently earns a base salary of $7.63 million this year with a possible $3 million in bonuses.
“Who can be against the players being compensated for what they do, or at least even minimum wage? I mean, who could argue against that when there’s injury or not?” Harbaugh asked, according to the Associated Press.
Harbaugh pointed to the build-up to this year’s game against Ohio State.
“The buildup and the hype and the talk about players’ legacies and everything that could possibly be rolled into one game, on the line, and then you see the amount of people that are benefiting financially from those players’ efforts out there,” Harbaugh said. “I ask other coaches to get on board, to use their platform, their voice for the student-athletes — not just football players, all student-athletes — to be sharing in this ever-increasing revenue.”
Harbaugh will return to the Michigan sidelines this weekend when the Wolverines face the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis.
