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re: LSU and Brian Kelly are at odds over his contract buyout
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:09 pm to CapitalTiger
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:09 pm to CapitalTiger
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Right now he has no leverage. He’s owed $9.5M/yr from LSU. No school is going to pay him more than that.
Do you think he has to go to a school that will pay him more than $9.5 million per year? Brian Kelly doesn’t need any “leverage”
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 3:14 pm
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:10 pm to ChatGPT of LA
I read the “for cause” reasons. Doubt any of those have been triggered.
Also LSU did not follow the notice and cure requirements (7 days to cure) in order to trigger a “for cause” termination.
Kelly has LSU by the balls under the contract.
Also LSU did not follow the notice and cure requirements (7 days to cure) in order to trigger a “for cause” termination.
Kelly has LSU by the balls under the contract.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:14 pm to bayoujd
I would want every penny
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:16 pm to LSBoosie
30 mil at a 12% rate of return annually for 5 years gets you around 53 million.
Take the money and run as they say.
Take the money and run as they say.
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:18 pm to LSBoosie
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Do you think he has to go to a school that will pay him more than $9.5 million per year? Brian Kelly doesn’t need any “leverage”
You’re not understanding.
Right now he’s going to get $9.5M/yr for 6 more years from someone. That could be LSU entirely, another school/media outlet, or a combination of both.
So if he’s trying to negotiate a deal with, say, Boston College - BC has no incentive to do anything more than a 3-4 year, $3.5m deal.
Whereas if he can eliminate the mitigation clause. He can negotiate a stronger (and longer) deal now.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:19 pm to LSBoosie
Would you leave 24 Mil on the table Paulie?? Of course not. If that was his contract then LSU needs to pay it. They should not have given him that in contract to start with.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:23 pm to LSBoosie
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Kelly's attorneys argued in the letter that if LSU were to fire him for cause, it would have needed to do so in writing before his termination. Kelly would have then been given seven days to respond. “LSU has not asserted at any time that Coach Kelly was terminated for cause, or that any potential justification for such a termination exists,” the letter states.
Woodward has screwed LSU over in so many ways
This is going to get ugly
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:28 pm to CapitalTiger
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So if he’s trying to negotiate a deal with, say, Boston College - BC has no incentive to do anything more than a 3-4 year, $3.5m deal.
Who cares? He would still end up making $9.5 million per year and BC could end up putting that extra money towards NIL.
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Whereas if he can eliminate the mitigation clause. He can negotiate a stronger (and longer) deal now.
But let’s just say you are correct and the mitigation helps him negotiate an extra $1.5 million per year up to a $5 million per year contract with BC. He would have to sign a 15 year contract to recoup the $20 million that he is letting LSU off the hook for.
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:40 pm to LSBoosie
LSU is going to sue if he only accepts $5mm/year. That’s what O’Brien makes now, supposedly.
It’s mutually beneficial for LSU and Kelly. LSU owes him less and Kelly receives a lump sum plus full freedom to negotiate whatever deal he wants going forward.
It’s mutually beneficial for LSU and Kelly. LSU owes him less and Kelly receives a lump sum plus full freedom to negotiate whatever deal he wants going forward.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:42 pm to DBG
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LSU is going to sue if he only accepts $5mm/year. That’s what O’Brien makes now, supposedly.
What would LSU sue for?
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It’s mutually beneficial for LSU and Kelly. LSU owes him less and Kelly receives a lump sum plus full freedom to negotiate whatever deal he wants going forward.
So why did Kelly reject the offer?
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:42 pm to LSBoosie
It’s not a good look from LSU as far as hiring future coaches(refusing to pay out the contract), but LSU can drag this thing out for a long time. Kelly is one guy taking on a University Athletic Department with deep pockets and a ton of lawyers. They could wait this out way longer than Kelly. I’m not sure that’s the right play, but they definitely can drag it out.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:44 pm to LSBoosie
Part of the duty to mitigate clause is to obtain fair market value for salary. Kelly can’t just accept peanuts and have LSU foot the bill.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:45 pm to LSBoosie
It’s in everyone’s interest to settle this and move on. I think it’ll be worked out within a few months. As people say it’s the booster money anyway not ours
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:45 pm to DBG
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Part of the duty to mitigate clause is to obtain fair market value for salary. Kelly can’t just accept peanuts and have LSU foot the bill.
You just stated that BC’s current head coach makes $5 million per year. How would that not be fair market value?
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:45 pm to Sofaking2
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It’s not a good look from LSU as far as hiring future coaches(refusing to pay out the contract), but LSU can drag this thing out for a long time. Kelly is one guy taking on a University Athletic Department with deep pockets and a ton of lawyers. They could wait this out way longer than Kelly. I’m not sure that’s the right play, but they definitely can drag it out
The one brightside of having donors and a board full of trial attorneys is we will have plenty of representation.
I just hope we have the full buyout set aside in case
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:47 pm to LSBoosie
Kelly is getting more than 5 million a year from BC
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:48 pm to LSBoosie
Because it can be reasonably argued that Brian Kelly and Bill O’Brien do not have the same market value.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:48 pm to LSBoosie
Pay up. Trying to weasel out of a contract you signed is not a great way to get good coaches on board.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:49 pm to DBG
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Because it can be reasonably argued that Brian Kelly and Bill O’Brien do not have the same market value.
Based on what?
Posted on 11/9/25 at 3:51 pm to GeauxLSU4
I can’t understand why he would take less.
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