re: Chavis might be gone but AD Alleva wants his $400k!

I just want to be sure, because all the reports before assumed it, but did the 400k buyout actually expire at midnight even though he had a year left on the deal?

It seems that anyone who wrote an article assumed it did, when I am thinking it may have been extended just like the contract was.

Alleva seems clueless that Chavis felt disrespected because Alleva speak to Chavis directly during the negotiations.

Apparently sending assistants memos /responses.

at least that was reported by someone

who knows

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Uhhh..... "verbal contract"?

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They'd have to prove that an actual agreement was in place between the parties before last night.

I'm betting it's all moot anyway. A&M likely ponies up to make it go away. They've got the cash.

Exactly. I doubt his agent would put him in a buyout situation if it truly expired last night.

This sounds like face saving from Alleva.
Even when you can prove a contract these types of restraint of trade clauses, involving a man's personal labor, are very difficult to enforce.
If this is round 2 for Alleva, he loses it, too.

The players talked about it plenty. I bet the administration doesn't want to acknowledge it so it looks worse on him than them.

I am going to revise my earlier post. Yes, verbal contracts are valid in some circumstances. However, legal counsel for the Ath. Dept. is indicating that the letter of agreement in effect extended all parts of the contract through Dec 2015, and is therefore claiming that the $400,000 is owed on that basis. Can't really say without reviewing the contract and of equal importance the extension letter. If Chavis signed off on the letter, LSU might have a valid claim. The question is whether or not they pursue it. If they do, it will be problematic for Chavis as jurisdiction is in Louisiana. Then again, aTm might just say frick it and get their checkbook out. If the latter happens, I would suspect that Sumlin might be on a shorter leash than he bargained for in terms of pressure to produce in order to justify the extra expenditure. If it was my call and there were sufficient grounds, I would pursue in order to set precedent on this type of thing so that perhaps the next person that pulls this shite thinks long and hard before he does, or at the very least has agreed to some sort of settlement on his way out.

He announced it to everyone watching the game with bed shitting performance.

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Alleva doing work

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Oh he's doing work alright.