Do you recall when Mal Moore first lured Nick Saban to Tuscaloosa how so many media members were aghast with an eight-year deal for $32 million? Back in them thar days, $4 million per year seemed like an astronomical amount.
Flash forward ten years ahead to this headline:
Jimbo Fisher’s signs guaranteed $75 million 10 year deal with Texas A&M
That “guaranteed” means Jimbo gets that money no matter how his teams perform over the next decade or if he gets fired tomorrow.
Saban himself, who has far proved to be worth every penny, is excepted to clear somewhere north of $11.