We’re going to let you pay him off.
Several [University of Cinncinnati] students were surprised to learn UC officials have been quietly forcing them to pay thousands of dollars each to subsidize the athletic department…
David Ridpath, associate professor of sports administration at Ohio University, said students at most schools are unaware that their pockets are being emptied by the athletic department.
… UC’s athletic department spent $2.1 million in severance payments in 2017. Approximately 90 percent of payments went toward one person — former UC head football coach Tommy Tuberville.
In October 2016, Tuberville signed a two-year contract extension with a $2.4 million buyout — more than double the buyout under his original contract, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Less than two months later, Tuberville and UC parted ways.
In the end, the university paid Tuberville $1.9 million — over $900,000 more than payments owed in his original contract.
“It’s ridiculous,” fourth-year construction management student Ryan Burch said. “After the position Tuberville left the program in, he shouldn’t have gotten much of a buyout at all.”
Cincinnati finished 4-8 in Tuberville’s final season as head coach.
April 26th, 2018 at 9:45PM
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/04/26/drake-university-professor-sexual-misconduct-resigns/551913002/
April 27th, 2018 at 12:36AM
Tuberville was a loser at Texas Tech when he left to go to Cincinnati. Good riddance.