It’s compensating players based on their value. Given that regular students can work a job and get paid it’s only fair that athletes can make a buck off of their time in college athletics.
It’s the Big Sky though, you never know what kind of opponent you’ll face on which day. NAU is usually Tarzan at home and Jane on the road but you never know with big sky teams.
With guys like him you have to be his first stop or he’ll be outta here and too expensive. The DeBoer situation was pretty rare as he was obviously a legit HC and a fast riser but he was in our wheelhouse for a time