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Mike Gundy Agrees to Take $1 Million Pay Cut After Review Prompted by Backlash over OAN Shirt
Breitbart ^ | 07/03/20 | Dylan Gwinn

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Miscellaneous; Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: footballcoach; mikegundy; oklamhomastate; paycut
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To: golux
What is an OAN shirt?

That’s what’s so absurd about this. You - like 99.7% of Americans - have no idea what an OAN shirt is. And I guarantee you Gundy’s players had no idea what an OAN shirt was until the BLM/Antifa mob got ahold of them and insisted that they needed to take offense at the OAN shirt.

41 posted on 07/03/2020 1:44:12 PM PDT by rhinohunter (FAUCI MUST GO!!!)
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To: Enlightened1
Headline should have read:
"Gundy Testicles Quietly Removed...2nd Offense Gets The Stem"
42 posted on 07/03/2020 1:44:24 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: Enlightened1

I have no sympathy for this guy who completely groveled after the picture. I only wish it had been two million.


43 posted on 07/03/2020 1:45:15 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: panzerkamphwageneinz

How pathetic.


44 posted on 07/03/2020 1:46:43 PM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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To: golux

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/oklahoma-state-mike-gundy-apologizes-oan-shirt


45 posted on 07/03/2020 1:47:07 PM PDT by buckalfa (Remember what the dormouse said. Feed your head. Feed your head.)
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To: Enlightened1

He apparently had a $5 million buyout. Should have made them fire him and take the money.


46 posted on 07/03/2020 1:49:00 PM PDT by gunnut
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To: Enlightened1

He really bent over but managed to save his job which pays well.
I guess we know what his self respect is worth.


47 posted on 07/03/2020 1:51:22 PM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: Bogle

He will fail on the field!


48 posted on 07/03/2020 1:52:09 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: rhinohunter

Exactly! That was my first thought, how the heck does a player even know what OAN is? No way that prima donna had ever heard of it.


49 posted on 07/03/2020 1:53:33 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Enlightened1

Probably feeding him the money another way.


50 posted on 07/03/2020 1:56:03 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Enlightened1

If he bends over and grabs his ankles .... he deserves it. He should have stated that they breached the contract and he would be expecting his checks sent to his home for the duration of the contract.


51 posted on 07/03/2020 1:58:42 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: Lazamataz

Go all the way.


52 posted on 07/03/2020 1:58:59 PM PDT by coaster123 (Trust no one under 60.)
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To: Enlightened1

What a cuck. He should have told them to ESAD and then go Find an employer that supports him.


53 posted on 07/03/2020 1:59:13 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal lives matter.)
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To: Enlightened1

The coloreds on the team wanted him to heel to them.


54 posted on 07/03/2020 2:00:18 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal lives matter.)
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To: Enlightened1

Who would have thought that someone actually made Drew Brees look less pussified.


55 posted on 07/03/2020 2:02:40 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal lives matter.)
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To: Enlightened1

What a freakin’ pussy! Might as well just quit in shame.


56 posted on 07/03/2020 2:04:09 PM PDT by bwest
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To: Enlightened1

So, keeping his job is more important than keeping his dignity. I guess a mullet wearer in the 21st century wouldn’t have any dignity to begin with.


57 posted on 07/03/2020 2:08:56 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal lives matter.)
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To: HighSierra5

Wanna bet somebody else, some donor/s or booster/s, will funnel the million to Gundy...


58 posted on 07/03/2020 2:09:43 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Enlightened1
What an idiot!

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59 posted on 07/03/2020 2:14:38 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Enlightened1

Wut a fookin’ wuss. Should have grown a pair and told them: “Yeah, I wore it so what! Don’t like it? Then terminate me and pay out my contract.” Instead, a hearty phu-cough coach.


60 posted on 07/03/2020 2:18:02 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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