I don’t hate Tucker - I just think he’s not worth nearly $10mil per year for his track record. Unless they shock Penn State, MSU is not even making a bowl. If he really kept the $100k bonus for himself while making that much $, he’s also selfish and greedy - I hope for his sake that’s not true.
Even so, no one is worth that much. There are other coaches out there. A $95 million contract for a coach is ridiculous. A 10 year contract is also ridiculous. University presidents should get together and stop this insanity. All coaching contracts should be no longer than two years, with a rollover possible for one additional year at the end of each season. That way, universities are not on the hook for tens of millions of $$ just for a coach.
Coach salaries are out of control the way player contracts were in baseball in the 80s. They can't just keep rising.
I don't hate Mel Tucker at all. I'm just amazed that this is a guy who has extremely limited success even experience as a college head coach is among the highest paid. It's just baffling to me.
Love these contract clauses. Bonuses for making a bowl? Ok, I can live with that. Additional bonuses if he actually wins a bowl game? That's a coaches job...to win games! Schiano is already drawing a salary for his duties. There should be clauses for salary deductions if the team has piss poor seasons or they lose a bown game.Bowl games: Schiano will earn $75,000 for a non-College Football Playoff “Group A” bowl game appearance and $75,000 for winning the bowl game. The Belk, Music City and Quick Lane Bowls (and successor games) are considered “Group A.” All other non-CFP bowl games are considered “Group B," and Schiano earns $100,000 for appearing in one and $100,000 for winning one.
Schiano will earn $150,000 for appearing in a New Year’s Six bowl game and can earn another $150,000 for winning one. He earns $200,000 for qualifying for the College Football Playoff, $250,000 for appearing in the national title game and $350,000 for winning a national title.
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I don't know if you're serious, but such a deal between University presidents would likely be held illegal as a violation of the antitrust laws. It would be considered an agreement in restraint of trade and, as we saw with the NCAA's restrictions on athletes, such deals often do not survive judicial scrutiny.
That has to be the greediest move by a head coach since Kirk Ferentz had his kid live in section 8 housing with rent subsidized by taxpayers while those who really needed had to wait.
How do you know he kept it, most of what the press writes is complete BS and void of context, I can assure you of that based on first hand knowledge.
That’s how bonus pool money is distributed. Given from head of division (AD) to head of department (head coach) to be distributed to employees (assistant coaches).
We’ll have to agree to disagree on that concept then. I used to do that for my team, albeit a small one.
No it ain’t.
Where does it say personal check? It says:
I’m calling complete Horse Shite!
Not saying it is reality. More likely someone has an axe to grind. But that is 100% how bonuses are allocated in most financial institutions that I have been associated. As stated earlier in thread. I was part of bonus pool meetings for many years and was surprised that high 6 figure 7 figure partners would squirrel away an additional 15-50k rather than giving to back office guys making 30k.
I respect your personal corporate world experience.
While I am no fan of Tucker, you are right. Media narratives suck. Harbaugh gets a pass for some of his antics, which have pretty much subsided in recent years. Let the coaches be judged on their records, and also, keeping the team out of trouble. The tunnel incident is fair game for Tucker. But this bonus story seems fishy.
Who’s keeping track of the personal checks Tucker writes to his secretaries and personal assistants as a thank you every year?
Eh he's kind of a thief as he stole our chop tradition and now hoarded the bonus all to himself. So yeah, he's pretty unlikeable.
