Is this any way to run a business?

That should be the first question asked to anyone involved in big-time college football these days.

Let’s take a look around the SEC, shall we?

LSU presumably owes Brian Kelly $53 million after firing him. This comes just as the Baton Rouge school makes final payments on a $17 million buyout of Ed Orgeron, the former Ole Miss coach. That’s $70 million right there LSU has paid – or will pay – football coaches not to coach. The Tigers got out cheap on Les Miles, the LSU head coach before Orgeron. They only paid Miles a lump sum of $1.5 million not to coach.

And it’s not just LSU. Now let’s look at Florida, which recently fired Billy Napier. Florida must pay Napier more than $21 million not to coach. That includes half the buyout paid immediately and the

See Full Page