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Ep #504: Being paid not to work: A college football story

Ep #504: Being paid not to work: A college football story

Update: 2025-10-30
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Buyouts, buyouts, buyouts. 

The NCAA football landscape looks a bit different than it did when the season kicked off in August, especially after three head coaches of AP Preseason Top 25 teams were fired for underperformance. But they aren’t walking away empty-handed: All three are owed tens of millions of dollars from their respective schools.

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz set the scene for the college football coaching carousel before examining the ripple effects of letting a good-but-not-great coach go. Hut hut, here they go.  

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Ep #504: Being paid not to work: A college football story

Ep #504: Being paid not to work: A college football story

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