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Arkansas Has Stopped Paying Bret Bielema His Buyout & He Is Not Happy

by Larry Leo

October 25, 201951 Comments

Arkansas Has Stopped Paying Bret Bielema Buyout & He Is Not Happy

Arkansas fired Bret Bielema back in November 2017, but by the terms of his contract the school still had to pay him $11.8 million. The Razorbacks did stick that agreement, paying him $320,833.33 every month until until Dec. 31, 2018, but nothing since. He and his lawyer are now fighting the school and most likely heading to court to fight the matter soon. Per footballscoop.com...

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Bielema would not receive that in a lump sum, though. The terms of his contract stated he would be paid $320,833 a month, every month, through the end of 2017 and all of 2018, 2019 and 2020 — on one condition. Bielema had to pursue gainful employment elsewhere.

Bielema joined the New England Patriots organization for the 2018 season as a consultant to head coach Bill Belichick. Arkansas continued paying Bielema’s buyout through 2018, but stopped once the calendar flipped to 2019.

The coach has since been promoted to the Patriots’ defensive line coach, but the school believes it is free from its contractual obligation to pay Bielema for the final two years of his contract, saving nearly $7.7 million in the process, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Bert!!!!!!!

he was fired at Arkansas in November 2017 until Dec. 31, 2018, the Foundation paid him $320,833.33 every month, but nothing since.

He would have received 37 of those payments totaling $11,935,000.

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Sao•54 months

Kudos to the Razorback Foundation for trimming the fat.

pellietigersaint•54 months

literally

eetiger•54 months

I couldn't fathom making over $300k a month period!

CanebreakCajun•54 months

days pay baby

denvertiger•54 months

Bert's grocery bill consumes most of that so it's like you or I making more like $3k/month (can't believe this is only the second gratuitous fat joke on this thread)

Arksulli•54 months

With no insult intended to Bert, instead of looking for a head coaching gig he took a very low paying job with the Patriots, basically coaching for "free" there. If he had bothered to put his name out there and make a vaguely creditable effort to land a good job he'd still be getting paid. He did not live up to his terms of the deal and, as a result, he stopped getting the payout.

mule74•54 months

Good luck with that. He found "gainful" employment.

AU4real35•54 months

You and I both know that Arky will have to pay. Now it will be on the hook for lawyer’s fees.

Stretch Suba•54 months

Yeah, you're full of bull shite. He's a defensive line coach in the NFL. That's not a slouch job. He's not working as an analyst like Butch Jones.

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Black n Gold•54 months

That milf wife of his must have threatened to leave him unless he kept the money coming.

MaximillianPayne•54 months

Oh yea...$$$ is the only thing keeping that little hot thing around

rob62•54 months

Hey Arkansas, if you don't want to pay the buyout then don't fire the man. If you don't want to pay the buyout then don't put the buyout in the contract. You idiots fired him and are now mad at him because he hasn't gone and gotten another head coaching job elsewhere? You fired him and don't think his reputation is poor right now? What the real problem is concerns Chad Morris. You idiots hired Morris and are now worried about paying Morris his buyout too. Lol.

NPComb•54 months

Put a second mortgage on Baum-Walker and pay big bert. Dude's gotta eat.

El Campo Tiger•54 months

So Arky limited “Gainful employment” to CFB head coaching gigs. Got it.

JackieTreehorn•54 months

I miss Bert

OweO•54 months

They need to bring him back. Not that he was all that great, but the idea is to fire a coach so you can hire a coach that will improve your program.

timbo•54 months

Congratulations Arkansas. Now you're liable to end up footing the bill for Bert's attorney and adding interest costs to the payments you didn't make.

Gutsandbutts•54 months

But he’s still a hog...

TigerintheNO•54 months

Not a good look if you are about to be hiring a new coach. They didn't pay Petrino either when they fired.

Drewbie•54 months

Probably because Petrino literally broke the law, but don't let that stop your narrative.

CFFreak•54 months

So, Bert likes his groceries... who doesn't?

Miznoz•54 months

This is probably a desperate reach so they can fire Morris sooner! Dumpster fire.

Arksulli•54 months

So, we have quite a few folks babbling that he found work as a D-line coach in the NFL! Bah gawd he did everything he could! Yeah. He found that job only after Arkansas cut him off. So. There we go. I know, I know, you want to poke fun at us for this. But we did what every school should do in this situation. You will note that it did not take long for Bert to land a position with a higher paycheck once we cut him off.

BiggDogg53•54 months

You are putting out bad info...your old coach is being payed 50 grand per season as d-line coach with the patriots...he was making that same amount long before arky decided to cut him off....

Arksulli•54 months

No. He was paid under 50K before this as a consultant because anything under 50K didn't count against his settlement. Only after we cut him off did he get the D-Line job. You are, in fact, full of shite.

BiggDogg53•54 months

Got a question for ya..Is this money coming out of your pocket?

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kywildcatfanone•54 months

$320K a month not to do anything. I'm doing it wrong. Pay for coaches is beyond ridiculous.

vodkacop•54 months

Not as good as Bobby B's contract but not to shabby. Looks like Ar-Kansas cant honor their word or contract

4Ghost•54 months

This is worthless without a pic of Jen.

Coonass•54 months

Where do you guys get the belief this is because he didn’t pursue a HC job? It’s not about that at all. It’s about pursuing a job, versus getting a job (any job). He got a new job in 2018 and ARK paid him through 2018. He was no longer pursuing a job. Hence, no more payments. I’m sure the contract is much more detailed than the terms in that excerpt, but it must not be clear OR it is clear and Bert doesn’t know his contract. Look at Miles final buyout. He took it because his salary at KU would be offset against his buyout, likely making it close to a wash, hence taking the discounted buyout.

Big Sway•54 months

frick R Kansa

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