Yes....racism is over!!!
Posted on 07/03/2020 1:15:13 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Mike Gundy, the Oklahoma State football coach who faced a strong backlash last month after being spotted wearing an OAN shirt, has greed to accept a $1 million pay cut and a one-year reduction in contract length.
“The changes were offered up by Mike Gundy, and I commend him for that. It was his idea to take a million-dollar pay cut,” Oklahoma State Athletic Director Mike Holder said on Friday. “I think it really demonstrates his commitment to being a better coach. He wanted to make a statement that assured all the players that this wasn’t just about talk, this is more about action, and that’s the first step.”
As ESPN reports, “In addition to the pay cut, Holder said the contract length was shortened from five to four years, his buyout was cut from $5 million to $4 million, and his guarantee dropped from 75% to 50%.”
Holder hastened to add, “I want to emphasize, every one of those was offered up by Mike Gundy.”
The salary reduction and contract reduction come as at least a bit of a surprise. Gundy did, after all, apologize for any “pain and discomfort” he caused by wearing the OAN shirt.
In addition, the review conducted by the university did not uncover any actual instances of racism in Gundy’s program.
So why was Gundy further punished?
“This wasn’t about a T-shirt,” Holder explained. “This was about a lot of things. The missing link has been a more personal relationship with their head coach. They respect him as an excellent game-day coach, but they want more coaching on a personal level. This crosses all racial lines. To a man, our players want a better connection to Mike Gundy. They view him as a difference-maker, and they want him to help them grow as leaders.
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So what was the point of Gundy signing a contract.
How does making $1 million less make him a better coach? And to follow through, how does wearing a harmless tee shirt on his vacation make him a worse coach?
How desperate can one be???
A T-shirt that mentioned One America News
If he can taste a million dollar pay cut from an ag school then he’s paid too much
T. Boone Pickens, who put OSU football on the map, must be rolling over in his grave.
He apparently had a $5 million buyout. Should have made them fire him and take the money.
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dropping the buy out might make him more attractive to other college programs?
fwiw, I was driving through Oklahoma earlier this week & listening to the “sports animal” radio show while they were talking big 12 football.
the sports animal is picking okie state to beat OU this year in the bedlam series matchup.
if gundy pulls that off he could be a playoff contender & an attractive candidate for other programs looking for a high powered offense & winning HC??
I despise Zero U......and before Grundy got down on his knees and groveled......I bled orange. Go Pokes!! Just go away! And I hope the Gooners beat you BIGLY! Like they almost always do.
Yes....racism is over!!!
I like OANN. I guess I better offer up a certain percentage of my salary for that!
Sigh. What the hell is an “OAN shirt”?
OSU and practically every other college and university are swimming in red ink. They want to be careful admitting this because they really don’t want the public to look at the money too closely.
It’s highly likely there will be no college football in 2020 so Gundy, likely one of the highest-paid people on campus, is “giving back” the year where he isn’t putting a team on the field. Looked that way, it’s almost not a punishment at all but an admission of non-performance for this year.
Other coaching staffs are going to have to give back some salary too because the football program is what pays for nearly all the Title IX Women’s programs that can’t financially support themselves.
If I’m OAN, I quietly work out a deal to provide Gundy’s team t-shirts in black and orange (school colors) with “Black Lives Matter” scrawled across the front and then the OAN logo on the back. I’d bet half the team wouldn’t pass up the offer of free t-shirts.
That must be one helluva Contract he signed.
Page 119, Paragraph four: Should you be caught wearing any clothing bearing the One America Network Name or Logo, your Contracted Payment will be reduced by ONE MILION DOLLARS and the length of this Contract will be reduced by ONE YEAR.
Page 157, Paragraph One is even worse. If you wear any article of clothing bearing the word(s) TRUMP, Make America Great Again, MAGA, Keep America Great, KAG or any related pro TRUMP words or sayings, you must immediately report to the Stadium for a Public Beheading.
Attempted flip response total fail. Sheesh, go back to your milk and cookies.
That’s the most expensive t-shirt in history.
He is probably dusting off his resume as we speak. He’s a good coach who will receive multiple offers should he decide to leave. Who needs this crap?
He’s a “Punt on 1st down pussy!” Check your panties coach. You Fruit of the Loops may piss off the gays....or draw them to your drawers!
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