Call it the Pine Box Act because Sen. Tommy Tuberville carries no weight in loyalty sermons.
When someone signs their name to a piece of paper, looks you in the eye and makes a promise, dadgumit, that means something.It’s a shame they can’t honor those agreements. The Senator representing Alabama said that’s the biggest complaint he hears from his old coaching buddies. These college football players sign NIL deals with collectives and then … poof.So there’s a coach, bound by his employment contract, left high and dry because a better opportunity came along for one of his players.
in Birmingham this week. He mentioned the idea for “some kind of penalty” for players breaking NIL contracts during a long answer speaking in general about possible legislation. . “I mean you gotta … you wanna sign a year, two-year, three-year, you got a three-year contract. If you break it, there’s gotta be some kind of penalty.”Like in 1998, when as the head coach at the University of Mississippi, rumors about other coaching jobs were swirling. On the Wednesday before playing the Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving, Tuberville told his weekly radio show audience he was committed to that program.
The coach told him if he planned on running out of that tunnel next year, he’d be doing that with the opposing team. A few weeks later, his roommate and a starting receiver learned through a radio news report his scholarship was being revoked after leaving practice, Siskey said.resigned from Auburn in 2008 with a $5.08 million buy-out, he landed at Texas Tech. Quite a deal to exit a contract early but a fresh start nonetheless in west Texas.
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