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8 Tennessee Football Coaches Refused Pay Cuts Put Forward By Athletic Department
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According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, eight Tennessee football assistants rejected to take voluntary pay cuts asked by athletic director Phil Fulmer...
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Hangit42 months
You agree to a price. That is the price. If the school made $160 million off of football, do they approach the coaches and give then more money than was in their contract?
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HonoraryCoonass42 months
That’s the way it should work in professional sports, too.
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Mizzoufan2642 months
That’s what coaches ask for all the time through incentives and raises based off increased revenue which is tied to their performance. To act like they aren’t compensated as such when the university makes more is off base
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kywildcatfanone42 months
When you are getting fired in a month, resist.
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BobABooey42 months
No mention of whether or not the players had a pay cut.
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theaerialview42 months
Get rid of them then. They haven’t earned their current paycheck.
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awestruck42 months
Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy and Leo
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BowDownToLSU42 months
Good for them
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CanebreakCajun42 months
You want to bitch about them, but a contract is a contract. Of course, the should be fired for sucking.
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gthog6142 months
That is what the term "voluntary" means. Considering who they coach for, kinda ironic, huh?
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Hamma112242 months
Pink slip time
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idlewatcher42 months
Way to take a stand before getting fired in a month
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SoFla Tideroller42 months
Has that donut eating blob taken a cut?
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Texas Weazel42 months
I thought he was eating arse now?
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Drizzt42 months
This speaks more to the fact that many of these coaches think they are getting let go after this year so why take a pay cut. Remember Pruitt fired the d line coach during a game a few weeks ago. I wouldn’t take a cut either after that.
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GeorgeTheGreek42 months
I wouldn’t take a pay cut either. My family > university.
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billfish2142 months
I was released from a University during the pandemic due to 'reduction in budget'... I would have happily volunteered to a pay cut.
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kywildcatfanone42 months
Sorry to hear that for you. Most of these guys are millionaires, and they know they are getting fired in a couple of weeks, so for them, it makes sense to decline. Sad you weren't given an option though.
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lecher la chatte42 months
They are probably working harder now than during a normal year.
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