Buyouts are a hot topic around college football of late, especially within the Big Ten. Every coach has one, large or small, as they are often negotiated into the contract. That’s where a recent USA Today article explored. They discussed how it is expensive to hire a coach, but can be just as expensive to fire a coach:
The buyout boom isn’t just caused by the rising pay market, experts say. In some cases, schools appear to be getting out-leveraged in contract negotiations by coaches and their agents, perhaps because multi-year contract signings are usually sunshiny occasions.