Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst said he’s respectfully asked Chancellor Harvey Perlman to cease discussing the contract of the athletic director or any possible extensions.
Eichorst met with three reporters in a North Stadium conference room before Saturday night’s game against Michigan State, in part to further defend embattled first-year Nebraska football coach Mike Riley.
He also wanted to squelch a report in Thursday’s Omaha World-Herald, in which Perlman said he was working on an extension for Nebraska’s third-year athletic director, who’s under contract through June 30, 2019.
Such extension talk is premature and irrelevant, said Eichorst, noting he’s also asked Perlman to remove perks in his contract, such as a country club membership and car.