Nebraska would take a big step toward crippled under proposed coach salary cap

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn ImagesWith James Franklin and Brian Kelly not only fired by their respective schools this season but also receiving monster buyouts to not coach, one congressman has decided to seize on the headlines. In the process, he's introduced a bill that would place a salary cap on coach pay that would essentially cripple the Nebraska football program.

The Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring (COACH) Act, introduced Monday by Representative Michael Baumgartner (R-Wash.), would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cap the total annual compensation of any athletics department employee at no more than 10 times the institution's yearly costs for a…