College football coaches are some of the highest-paid bench bosses in all of sports, and they often cash in big with salary buyouts if they are fired. But as these buyouts become more common and grow in size, some people are questioning the ethics of these deals — and also where colleges are finding the funds.

How do college salary buyouts work?

If a college fires its head football coach , it is generally forced to pay the “liquidated damages stipulated in a coach’s contract if they are fired ‘without cause’ — or, in other words, because they’re losing,” said Front Office Sports . This is most notable when a coach is fired in the middle of a season. Most contracts stipulate that a fired coach is “owed a portion of their future contract earnings, including their base salary and guaran

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