Article with critique of buy outs alongside rona layoffs

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Couch: Coaching Carousel Will Always Spin Out Of Control So Long As Boosters Are In Charge

It was 2013 when I first met Mack Brown. He was in trouble as Texas’ football coach, though he’d won a national championship and gotten the program back into the nation’s elite. Su

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So it was shocking this past September, less than seven years later, that UT had to lay off 35 athletic department employees as part of $13 million in savings of the “financial impact of COVID-19 related cancellations,’’ as athletic director Chris Del Conte wrote.

Yes, tough times. But now, three days ago, Texas fired football coach Tom Herman. Texas will give Herman and his staff $24 million in buyouts to walk away.

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It feels like a vanity move, like a football team is just a toy for rich people. If they cared about all things University of Texas athletics, then maybe they could have written a $13 million check to keep those in the UT family from losing their jobs in September.

IMO, it's the cost of doing business in College football. You have to pay to play and upgrade.

 

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