Notre Dame continue to pay former Fighting Irish coach Charlie Weis millions

College sports is way over-priced and is becoming a detriment to the core mission of the university. It's basically a media thing, fostered by ESPN, NBC and CBS sports departments to drive viewers to their multiple channels no matter what it does to the educational mission. Over the past 40 years, entertainment and health care have both doubled as a share of total US spending. Neither one is working that well either.

Weiss was a real deal! Couldn't win with him still losing without him! By the way have the purchased the orange jump suits for the team?They'll be at a road near you on a chain gang soon.HaHa

Obviously, Charlie is being paid a lucrative sum after signing a contract to coach the University of Kansas. I would presume that somewhere in the termination agreement it would be stipulated that Notre Dame would owe him a percentage of his termination agreement based on his Kansas salary. Boston College, the other Irish D-1 program, had the same problem when they fired Coach Doug Jagodzinski three years ago. He coached two years on a five year contract and was fired for interviewing with the NY Jets. BC was obligated to pay the remaining three years. Last year, Jags coached in the UFL. The year before, he had been the offensive coordinator at one of the Florida based NFL squads. There would appear to be clauses in these contracts to cover such eventualities. The Mad Hungarian who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (Al Hrabosky) signed a 40 year contract with Ted Turner and the Atlanta Braves. He got hurt and is still being paid even though announcing with the St. Louis Cardinals periodically.