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 wasnt just about talk, this is more about action, and thats 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 Gundys program.
So why was Gundy further punished?
This wasnt 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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Shut college football down. Screw them all.
Something considered more offensive than sucking up to Che Guevara with a t-shirt.
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.”
I used to really like Mike Gundy. What a wuss!!
And he thinks hes dodged ...
....he can expect they will want more
....they always do
To show he was truly repentant for not wearing only BLM-approved apparel Gundy offered, on bended knee, his self-severed testicles to Al Sharpton.
A million dollar pay cut? I need to charge more.
One American News??
He should have worn a Che tee, he’d have got a raise from the socialist bastards.
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.
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Well, that’s obscene.
It’s not like he’s wearing a swastika or something. He’s wearing a shirt promoting a cable TV news network. The crime? The TV news network isn’t leftist propaganda!
How can this crap be going on in our country and how is it ever going to stop without bloodshed?
Tolerance was only so they could benefit and advance, once they had power it would never do,
My Gramma said “ give em an inch and they’ll take a mile”.
My prediction:
He winds up having to step down before the season anyway. Before this season or next.
You try to please both sides, and you wind up angering both sides.
One American News??
The guy made a weak pathetic response to begin with. Grovelers are disgusting.
OAN stands for One America News. Its another media news channel that competes with Fox News, etc....
They have a set up that looks like CNNs Headline News Channel back in the 1990s. The channel is okay to me, and gives the conservative perspective more than most networks. Which is refreshing.
I got my OAN t-shirt in the mail yesterday. It cost me $13.75 after taxes and shipping.
I ordered it when it all started with Gundy. If you buy the shirt, get it a size larger than normal, they are sized smaller than normal.
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