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Yeah, it's too late now...my guess is they had some language in the contract that gave them a shot to do something but once you move forward as a department without having done anything there isn't anyway to go back and use the issue.
I would take the other 2 coaches tied at #9 with Stoops in a heartbeat. Can we make a trade😂😂Top 10 Highest-Paid College Football Head Coaches in 2024: Dabo Swinney, Steve Sarkisian Fight for Kirby Smart's Seconds
With Nick Saban retired, a new name claims the top spot as the highest-paid coach in college football, but he also hails from an SEC powerhouse.
So I guess having 7 winning seasons out of the last 8 is enough to garner $9M a year. Good gig if you can get it or have an AD dumb enough to pay you.
You must not. Generally, a contract would have some sort of verbiage about termination if the contract was breached in any way. You know, kinda like having a 10 win season vacated for violations.
Did I say it would happen? No. I'm saying it's possible depending on the verbiage of the contract. Not sure why you're acting hostile.
No, neither Stoops nor UK had anything to do with the violations.
This is by far the most head scratching rationale....he flirts with Texas AM and we honored this contract....you talk about absurd.
This. The NCAA ruling made a specific finding that neither Stoops nor the University had knowledge or participated regarding the wrongful conduct.
I haven't read his contract but I doubt it would give UK an out. The staff didn't commit any violations. The violations were because a UK employee and UK players forged time cards so they would get paid for doing nothing. If my memory is correct, the UK employee was fired. UK forfeited games because the players who forged the time cards would have ineligible to play because the rules violation. So every game they played in was a forfeited. The staff did nothing wrong so I doubt the contract comes into play at all.
No hostility from me... sorry you hostility read into that.... there was none intended
And a 7 win season automatically extends his contract another year
I don't like the deal much either but don't act like Mitch has all the authority. Those contracts have to be approved by Capilouto and the BoT before they can be signed off on.
That was taken out a few years ago. No longer the case thankfully.
I would always talk about this on the basketball board when it came to Cal and his buyout. Stoops is scheduled to make $9.1 million annually through the 2030 season. His buyout is 75% or $6.825 annually. Let's use Sumrall as an example. He would probably fit right into that $6 million range annually. If you fire Stoops and hire Sumrall, your new annual coaching salary would be $12.825 annually with Stoops buyout included. They could come up with $3.75 million annually through the 2030 season for the buyout. They saved that amount alone with the Pope contract compared to what Cal was making. It's actually not nearly as far fetched and that is all under the assumption he never coaches again. If he got another job, his pay from that job would come off the annual buyout too.
