Ohio State on Jimbo Fisher’s $75 million deal: ‘It’s so ridiculous’

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  1. bck031

    bck031 1,000+ Posts

    If you think Jimbo Fisher's 10-year, $75 million contract at Texas A&M was ridiculous, you're in good company.

    So does one of the biggest names in college athletics.

    "I don't even put Texas A&M in our sphere because I'm considering Urban [Meyer]'s situation with three years left on his contract," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said last week in a public meeting, according to the student paper. "(That's) not even someone that we're comparing with because it's so ridiculous."

    http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gator...bo-fishers-75-million-deal-its-so-ridiculous/
     
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  2. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Agreed, but there is someone out there in three years that will woo Meyer away from tOSU, and tOSU could have to pay their new guy $100 million plus. When you are the buyer you pay what the market demands.
     
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  3. Detective Shilala

    Detective Shilala 2,500+ Posts

    So aggy is no better than these Californians who have more money than they have sense, driving up housing prices for everyone.
     
  4. bck031

    bck031 1,000+ Posts

    Who ever accused an aggy of having sense? :hookem:
     
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  5. Badass

    Badass 2,500+ Posts

    Betchya Urban’s agent is comparing his client’s offers with Jimbo’s, can’t put the genie back in the bottle there, sorry to tell ya Gene Smith
     
  6. bck031

    bck031 1,000+ Posts

    With 75 Million guaranteed, where is the incentive to be the best?
     
  7. beer_dog

    beer_dog 100+ Posts

    There is no incentive, but there is pressure with the high risk of losing it all.
    Aggy went all in before the flop.
     
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  8. bck031

    bck031 1,000+ Posts

    True, they are set up to be the real losers here.
     
  9. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    and did so with a non-suited two gapper...
     
  10. militaryhorn

    militaryhorn Prediction Contest Manager

    7 2 off suit...come on flop!
     
  11. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    One day Fisher will wake up and realize he stepped in a bucket of ****.
     
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  12. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Ha, more like a bucket of $$$$$$
     
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  13. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    This is not the first time for the ags down this road - Jackie Sherrill's salary was "ridiculous" back the day.
     
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  14. bck031

    bck031 1,000+ Posts

    The phrase "I'm rich *****!" comes to mind.
     
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  15. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    FWIW, running the seven-deuce prop can add A LOT of action to a game. But I digress...
     
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  16. Pomspoms

    Pomspoms 5,000+ Posts

    yeah even if he disappoints the aggie nation, which i think he will eventually, he is laughing his way to the bank. Set for life.
     
  17. wadster

    wadster 5,000+ Posts

    Hell Sumlin is set for life. Most of us in our 50s need about 2M to call it a comfortable retirement. You make 30M+ over a career like sumlin has and he better be set for life. Jimbo was set before he took this contract if he knows how to manage money.
     
  18. Detective Shilala

    Detective Shilala 2,500+ Posts

    Jimbo's children and his children's children should all be set for life as long as they are smart about their money.
     
  19. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    Anybody can be “rich” but being “wealthy” is different. Depends on whether you prefer to eat well or sleep well.

    All I can say about aggy is they better hope Jimbo hits a home run more than once in the next 10 years. As far as them jacking up the price for elite coaches, at this point I believe it’s an anomaly, and other prudent programs are laughing.
     

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