A coaching change had fixed nearly every program this year, except Penn State

I remember when Freeze got hired I was told by some folks that since we’d been hit by the big buyout a few times, they structured Hugh’s contract to where it would be much much easier on the buyout after 2-3 years. None of the well it’s $12MM and he is owed half in a month and the other half the next three years. It’s more like we’ll set up a fund over 15 years and he’ll get the money when he gets it in small installments. Allows time value of money to work to our advantage. Set up an annuity at 7% and we barely pay out anything at all.

I don’t think most agents would go for it, but Hugh had less bargaining power when we hired him.

May not be as big a deal to go ahead and can him as everyone thinks.