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Records: Ishbia, St. Andre paying $24 million towards Tucker's $95 million salary

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Editor's Note: This story will be updated with more details from the agreements.

Mat Ishbia and Steve St. Andre will donate a combined $24 million towards the salary of Mel Tucker over the next decade, according to records released after a Detroit Free Press lawsuit. The donations do not specify Tucker's name, but St. Andre's gift says he would like it to be used for the "recruitment and retention for the MSU Men's Intercollegiate Football Team."

That leaves the school on the hook for the other $71 million of Tucker's 10-year, $95 million salary.

While the gift agreement between Ishbia and MSU has no outs, the gift agreement between St.