Posted on 07/03/2020 1:15:13 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Mike Gundy, the Oklahoma State football coach who faced a strong backlash last month after being spotted wearing an OAN shirt, has greed to accept a $1 million pay cut and a one-year reduction in contract length.
“The changes were offered up by Mike Gundy, and I commend him for that. It was his idea to take a million-dollar pay cut,” Oklahoma State Athletic Director Mike Holder said on Friday. “I think it really demonstrates his commitment to being a better coach. He wanted to make a statement that assured all the players that this wasn’t just about talk, this is more about action, and that’s the first step.”
As ESPN reports, “In addition to the pay cut, Holder said the contract length was shortened from five to four years, his buyout was cut from $5 million to $4 million, and his guarantee dropped from 75% to 50%.”
Holder hastened to add, “I want to emphasize, every one of those was offered up by Mike Gundy.”
The salary reduction and contract reduction come as at least a bit of a surprise. Gundy did, after all, apologize for any “pain and discomfort” he caused by wearing the OAN shirt.
In addition, the review conducted by the university did not uncover any actual instances of racism in Gundy’s program.
So why was Gundy further punished?
“This wasn’t about a T-shirt,” Holder explained. “This was about a lot of things. The missing link has been a more personal relationship with their head coach. They respect him as an excellent game-day coach, but they want more coaching on a personal level. This crosses all racial lines. To a man, our players want a better connection to Mike Gundy. They view him as a difference-maker, and they want him to help them grow as leaders.
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All because the college is kissing up to some football star who claims a news media is offensive.
What a cuck! He should filing a lawsuit against the University for violations of his 1st Amendment Rights.
Unphuckingbelievable
Why are people buckling to these terrorists?
What is an OAN shirt?
But Biden has nothing to worry about, his poll numbers are terrific, and people will certainly tell the truth to strangers who have their phone numbers and call to ask them to be honest about their political preferences.
Pandering idiots. Has nothing to do with being a better coach.
Oh. I see. OANN.
Orwell’s 1984 is now being interpreted as an instruction manual.
Land of the Free my ass.
$1 million shirt. Who knew?
Director Mike Holder said on Friday. “I think it really demonstrates his commitment to being a better coach.”
No, his commitment to being a pandering cuck. He should also offer to remove his testicles, shouldn’t be allowed to procreate.
What is an OAN shirt?
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It’s a T-shirt. Wearing it can cost you $1 million.
I mean screw it. If absolutely anything you do is racist, why not go all the way with it?
I saw Nick Saban get the jet black portrait style treatment and a media news story, “In a powerful new video...” Advocating BLM. The usual conformist bullshit. He got on his knees and got it out of the way.
Over at Twitter they were photoshopping the hammer and sickle onto Bama helmets. The Gundy case is ridiculous. If that were a CNN tee shirt, everything is fine.
It a shirt promoting One America News Network, which apparently is an outrageous political statement, to the liberals and their henchmen.
Have a good season and bail to a SEC school and more than make up the million. OSU AD is a moron.
Gundy is a loser. Him and his mullet need to just go away and hide.
Despotism. The Un-American Communists are doing what they always said was done to them as they aided the USSR during the Cold War.
Might as well be wearing his pants down like the punks do.
i played a lot of football back in the day, and one thing i learned: head football coaches are largely fear driven. that’s how many of them get to be head football coaches.
i wouldn’t put my trust in someone who gets to coach a kid’s game for a living, unless you know them outside the game.
If he doesn’t beat OU pretty damn quick he’s gonna be fired anyway...
a fool and his money are soon parted- you think this will appease the perpetually outraged? NOPE=- not by a long shot- but keep trying grundy- a fool and his money are soon parted
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