John Calipari gets helpful lesson on how capitalism works

The Protect College Sports Act passed a vote in the U.S. Senate earlier this week, bringing the legislation one step closer to becoming law. Ahead of the vote and since its initial success, we saw another big push for the bill across sports media by some of the minds behind the bill, including several hits from Nick Saban across ESPN and an appearance from Senator Ted Cruz on College GameDay.

But through these appearances, one question seems to have stumped those lobbying the hardest for the bill to pass—why should spending on players be capped, while spending on other parties like coaches continues to be determined by markets? Surely the fact that LSU is paying Brian Kelly $54 million to not coach football anymore is at least as representative of a spending crisis in college sports as a quarterback getting his fair value, right?