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Originally Posted by MRCboicgy
Salary is part of the University payroll, but boosters cover these massive buyouts.
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Yup it’s mostly privately funded. The tax conscious can continue to cheer with reckless abandon, their fiscal values won’t be offended by supporting multimillionaire coaches and their buyouts
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Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville, who resigned last week, was paid more than $2 million a year, or about four times what President Jay Gogue makes. But only $235,000 of Mr. Tuberville's salary came from the university. About $1.5 million was paid from the $51.3 million multimedia and marketing-rights contract Auburn has with ISP Sports. That's about on par. On average, a top college coach's base salary accounts for only about 25% of his total compensation.
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