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Fitzgerald admitted there was hazing in the program which is exactly what northwestern said So I guess I just disagree with your interpretation of statements

Since it’s a private university we will likely never see the real contract. But if northwestern drew up a contract that created a situation where any firing had to either be 0 dollars or a breach of contract settlement….then I would agree with everyone northwestern is really dumb You’d be hard...

But if it wasn’t justified wouldn’t the penalty be simply the full buyout? They could pay the full buyout to get rid of him at any time ^agree

The thing that makes me think it’s less than buyout is the thing they said was “There is as hazing and the coach should’ve know” And after the settlement Fitzgerald said “there was hazing but I didn’t know about it” And the only thing that would make Fitzgerald get paid more than the buyout...

I’m not arguing anything other than it’s not a slam dunk he got more than his buyout I bet her got slightly less than his buyout but no one will ever know

They never did say he knew what was going on? Him not knowing what was going on was their justification for firing him?

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Fitzgerald admitted what they accused him of in the settlement. He issued a statement publicly acknowledging exactly what northwestern alleged. No, they wouldn’t. Because not every school has a coach who later publicly admits hazing occurred in his program exactly as the university alleges.

True Generally I think to fire someone with a contract that includes a buyout for zero dollars is pretty tough and requires a pretty clear cut issue to be there

Why would they have paid over the buyout? They never accused him of wrongdoing and could dismiss him at any moment for the full buyout. What is out there that would cause him to get more than his full contract? I suppose I could see a scenario where the settlement was full buyout plus legal...

Would prefer this model of scheduling for the big ten. Play 5 every year. Play the other 12 home and home over 6 years. would hope gophers would get iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, northwestern Penn state, Ohio state, Michigan, Michigan state, Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, Oregon...

I don’t think 0 was realistic I think the whole thing was to pay less than the buyout

Thats only true if 0 dollars was a realistic objective and they messed it up

It’s super interesting The university said there was hazing and the coach should’ve known about it Years later Fitzgerald says there was hazing but he didn’t know about it. And somehow some people think that means the coach won. Fitzgeralds statement agrees with what the university has been...

You have absolutely no idea what they paid

Tough for me it would be over the buyout considering they never accused him of wrongdoing and could’ve fired him for the buyout at any moment

Correct Fitz admits hazing happened but that he didn’t know about it. (Which is literally what northwestern claimed) I’m guessing they paid him most but not all of the buyout

There are three numbers in the lawsuit not two 0 The buyout What Fitz wanted I’m guessing it is between the top and bottom number. And am also guessing we will never know

If they paid one dollar less than the whole buyout they didn’t do horribly. They got rid of a coach was 3-24 in his last 27 non covid games for less than the buyout If they paid more than the buyout, they did badly We will never know how they did

I would guess this is true but we will never know