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BK's Duty to Mitigate (seek new employment)

Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:02 pm
Posted by RelentlessAnalysis
Member since Oct 2025
930 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:02 pm
The following is the language from his contract with LSU:
quote:

Duty to Mitigate. In the event of termination by LSU without cause, the amount of liquidated damages owed by LSU under this Section shall be reduced and extinguished by and to the extent of any compensation Employee earns, receives, or is entitled to receive for football-related employment, whether intercollegiate or professional, including coaching, administration or media, from any third party from the termination date until LSU’s obligation pursuant to this Section to Employee terminates or ceases to exist. Employee shall exercise due diligence and good faith in seeking qualifying employment so long as the liquidated damage obligation exists. In the event Employee obtains such other employment, Employee must notify LSU and provide documentation reasonably requested by LSU to determine the amount of compensation received by Employee and the amount of offset due to LSU.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62133 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:03 pm to
Ok.
Posted by wareaglepete
Lumon Industries
Member since Dec 2012
17194 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:04 pm to
Boiler plate.
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
5727 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:04 pm to
So what happens if he just wants to retire altogether?
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
75109 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:04 pm to
Yeah. Every coach ever has that in their contract. It’s nothing new. The only time I’ve heard of it not being in a contract is Napier at Florida and that’s because their AD “forgot” to have it put in there. There was a thread about it on here last week and the UF fans were pissed about it
Posted by Nasty_Canasta
Your Mom’s house
Member since Dec 2024
3755 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:08 pm to
quote:

Employee shall exercise due diligence and good faith in seeking qualifying employment


Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62133 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:10 pm to
Jimbo didn’t have that or an offset.
Posted by ArizonaBay
Member since Jun 2024
51 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:11 pm to
>user name is RelentlessAnalysis
>copy and pastes contract language
>analyzes nothing
Posted by Hugh McElroy
Member since Sep 2013
19293 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:11 pm to
Got it.

Yall are strapped for cash and are trying to crawfish on your agreement.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
75109 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:12 pm to
Yeah because Ross Bjork is an idiot.

Sorry. 95% of coaching contracts have that in them
Posted by RelentlessAnalysis
Member since Oct 2025
930 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

95% of coaching contracts have that in them
I was surprised by the lack of specificity.
Posted by Wildcat1996
Lexington, KY
Member since Jul 2020
9240 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:13 pm to
WTF is qualifying employment?

According to LSU fans, the job he had is the bestest possible job there is. No other job is its equal. What could possibly meet the standard of "qualifying"?

Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62133 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:14 pm to
I wasn’t disagreeing with you. The percentage of contracts that have that with an offset is probably closer to 99%.
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
15727 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:14 pm to
Actually there is a list of items firing for cause..did you read that?
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
13456 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:15 pm to
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62133 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

Actually there is a list of items firing for cause..did you read that?


Do you think one of those applies?
Posted by New Money
Athens, GA
Member since Jun 2023
3184 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

WTF is qualifying employment?

According to LSU fans, the job he had is the bestest possible job there is. No other job is its equal. What could possibly meet the standard of "qualifying"?



He should reapply for the LSU job and claim that he sought employment.
Posted by RelentlessAnalysis
Member since Oct 2025
930 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

WTF is qualifying employment?
It is not explicitly defined, but I interpret the following language as being "qualifying employment:"
quote:

football-related employment, whether intercollegiate or professional, including coaching, administration or media
Posted by RelentlessAnalysis
Member since Oct 2025
930 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:16 pm to
dp
This post was edited on 10/27/25 at 8:17 pm
Posted by Hugh McElroy
Member since Sep 2013
19293 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 8:18 pm to
quote:

Actually there is a list of items firing for cause..did you read that?


And it just so happened that right after getting curb stomped by A&M, yall found out about those items and decided to fire him for those reasons, and not at all to do with how the team is playing?

If LSU as an institution is willing to lie as obfuscate to avoid paying out their contracts, then I think coaches would do well to take any contracts that LSU agree to with a grain of salt.
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