Hop said:
Belton Ag said:
If A&M is writing contracts to keep Sumlin from going to the NFL based solely on info from Sumlin and his agent without doing any background research or any kind of due diligence... then my God. That's a huge indictment of the administration and worthy of its own investigation. I'm skeptical of the non-interest from the NFL.
The irony of this discussion coming on the basketball board when every poster on this board (including me) has questioned why the university gave Billy Kennedy a huge buyout on his contract extension in 2016. In your own words, wouldn't you expect the university to do due diligence here?
I'm not sure I'd view it as ironic, just another, similar, example of A&M's contract blunders in the last several years spanning multiple ADs.
I absolutely would expect due diligence here with Kennedy, as I would also expect them to due diligence to sniff out any legitimate interest from the NFL in Sumlin's case.
The biggest issue I see is, as I stated above, that these contract extensions are happening under more than one AD. The AD not being the common denominator in this scenario lays bare that the problem lies in the Chancellor's office and with the BOR.
The Kennedy extension is irksome, the Sumlin extension, raise and buyout is grossly negligent.