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http://newsok.com/why-travis-fords-contract-has-been-a-burden-for-him-and-osu/article/3948498
Oklahoma State basketball: Why Travis Ford's contract has been a burden for him and OSU
By Berry Tramel; Published: March 29, 2014 (The Oklahoman)
Oklahoma State basketball: Why Travis Ford's contract has been a burden for him and OSU
By Berry Tramel; Published: March 29, 2014 (The Oklahoman)
EXCERPT:
In September 2009, OSU announced a contract extension for its basketball coach that in effect created a 10-year contract. Good through 2019. Escalating salary. All kinds of perks. No buyout for the university, and a stiff buyout ($3 million) for Ford, should he jump to another job.
Almost five years later, that contract is an albatross, preventing OSU from a coaching change it likely otherwise would make. And while that contract probably has kept Ford employed, it’s also been a burden.
“In retrospect, it wasn’t good for him or us,” Holder said.
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Players are bewildered at what went wrong, fans are fed up, the entire vibe around Cowboy basketball is toxic and Ford has five years left on that contract.
OSU is bound to Ford for $2.25 million in 2014-15 and $2.4 million each of the four seasons after that. That’s $11.85 million over five years.
http://newsok.com/why-travis-fords-contract-has-been-a-burden-for-him-and-osu/article/3948498
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