The 20M thing by Tanner has them in a pickle.
Could USC afford to buy out Muschamp’s contract? University board is split
Even if USC wants to replace Will Muschamp as head football coach this year, the school may not be able to afford the $19 million buyout in his contract, several trustees told The State.“I personally don’t think the university can buy out a contract such as his,” said Trustee Egerton Burroughs. “My job right now is to keep tuition down and hopefully reduce tuition.” To be clear, none of the six trustees who spoke to The State on the record would say whether Muschamp should be fired. Instead, they said that decision should be made by either Athletic Director Ray Tanner or President Robert Caslen.
Having such a high buyout could be a lesson for the board of trustees in future athletic hires, said Trustee Charles Williams. “If I had to do it over again I would never have a buyout like this again,” said Williams, who agreed with Burroughs that USC can’t afford to buy out Muschamp.
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Don’t ask, we already did: SC lawmakers won’t help pay Muschamp’s $19 million buyout
South Carolina lawmakers have $1.8 billion in extra money to spend next year, but they won’t use any of it to help the University of South Carolina fire football coach Will Muschamp.“No, that belongs in the athletic department,” said S.C. House budget committee chairman Murrell Smith, a Gamecocks football fan and USC School of Law graduate.
Fans’ calls for Muschamp’s departure have re-emerged after the Gamecocks fell to a 4-6 record Saturday with a home loss to Appalachian State of the Sun Belt Conference. The Gamecocks are double-digit underdogs in each of their final two games and are in danger of finishing with their worst record of Muschamp’s four-year stretch in Columbia.
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