Arkansas fans keep saying that Auburn has saved them money by us hiring Chad Morris.

Buyouts are typically reduced by the amount of the new salary. I think that's why Butch Jones was just fine being an analyst at bama

But he was fired.

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But he was fired.

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What I said is still true.

Goodness! How do people not understand how this works? I’m sure Gus’s contract is the same way. When you guys fire him the pay from his new job will offset what Auburn has to pay. All contracts are different. Some are dollar for dollar some are less.

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Maybe I am lost.

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Maybe this will help.

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So, he was let go BY Arkansas with a contract remaining and is now free to do whatever he pleases (and thus took an offer at AU). This is not a "buyout" or reduction then, unless I just really fail to see how contracts work in that capacity. I am also certainly not an expert on these matters either, so forgive me for my lack of understanding.

Wait! Is this for real why he’s an analyst at Bama?! That’s insanely AHoleish of Saban and Jones. Impressive.

Contracts do not allow coaches to do as they please! Just like unemployment they have to seek employment equal or as close as they can find to what they had. A contract guarantees you what you were owed for a certain time frame. So if he is promised 3.5 million for 4 years that’s what he will get. So it could be Arkansas paying it all if he can’t get a job or Arkansas and Auburn paying it. It could have been Arkansas and espn if he had got a job at Espn.

That is what I am thinking. He is literally being double-paid at this point.

I am sure that he could have sat out a while with the Arkansas contract, but Gus offered him a job relatively immediately after being "fired."

I can certainly see the confusion.

Good for Morris though if things worked out for the better lol. Must be nice.

Why is this even being discussed? Every single coach has a contract where if terminated they have 2 responsibilities: 1) Look for a employment similar to what they currently have 2) Except compensation that is a fair market value

Whatever arkie owes Chad the amount will be reduced by whatever Auburn pays him.

There are some exceptions.

Champ got UF to agree to pay him the entirety of his contract. When he was at Auburn and his 1st 2 seasons at USCe he made the money from those contracts plus what UF owed him.

Sometimes coaches get up front payouts. Gus has this in his contract...if we send him packing we owe him X up front then the rest is paid to him. If he took another job it would offset what we owe him.