Yes. They have insurance, they have the money even if they didnt
If northwestern pretends they have a big 12 media deal for 3 years instead of a big ten media deal…they’ll have an extra 100 million
They probably want to settle even if they are 100% sure they’ll win in court.
My money is on an undisclosed settlement for about half the buyout plus legal fees.
But we will never read the number
I get what you’re saying but Northwestern didn’t accuse him of any wrongdoing
So im not sure how he ends with more than his buyout + legal fees
I think best case for Fitzgerald is 68 million plus legal fees. I see why he is fighting for that though.
I think they’ll end up settling in the...
I’m not sure the big ten has any authority over home games though. So to get them to move it it might have to be involving financial incentives to move it
If he makes adjustments and gets better. He ran a shitty program at the end.
9-25 his last 34 big ten games.
Not convinced his model works very well in the free transfer era
Let’s say they have to pay Fitzgerald 100 million.
If they budget the big ten media rights deal to pay for it over 3 years, it’s like Northwestetn has a big 12 deal for 3 years to pay for it.
I personally have a hard time seeing Fitzgerald getting much more than 68 million.
They could’ve...
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A lot of hate for a guy that has as many elite 8 appearances at Arkansas in the last 4 years as the Minnesota program has had since the program started over 100 years ago
Yeah maybe
He was a coach 5 years at Arkansas and had 2 elite 8s and a sweet 16
His awful season this year is closer to Johnson’s best than Johnson’s second best IMO