Paying SEC coaches to go away

[gnvgator]

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/i...hes-to-go-away

"If you go back to the end of the 2007 season when Nutt received a $3.5 million settlement after he and Arkansas parted ways, SEC schools have doled out a staggering $38.65 million in buyouts.

That’s right, nearly $40 million for coaches not to coach."

Houston Nutt, Arkansas (2007) -- $3.5 million
Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State (2008) -- $3.5 million
Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee (2008) -- $6 million
Tommy Tuberville, Auburn (2008) -- $5.1 million
Houston Nutt, Ole Miss (2011) -- $5.5 million
Gene Chizik, Auburn (2012) -- $7.5 million
Derek Dooley, Tennessee (2012) -- $5 million
Joker Phillips, Kentucky (2012) -- $2.55 million

[elrongator]

Coaching salaries are getting totally out of control. This along with the injuries they are uncovering after careers in football may spell drastic changes for the sport in the next couple of decades.
Institutions of higher learning having their names associated with the seedy underbelly of recruiting scandals, players out of control, etc...only add to the insanity aura permeating today's game.

[bposs]

Originally Posted by elrongator

Coaching salaries are getting totally out of control. This along with the injuries they are uncovering after careers in football may spell drastic changes for the sport in the next couple of decades.
Institutions of higher learning having their names associated with the seedy underbelly of recruiting scandals, players out of control, etc...only add to the insanity aura permeating today's game.

And we, the fans, feed the beast.

[spankygator2]

That's not a bad list to be on. Houston Nutt gets fired twice and walked away with $9 million.