during the 0-19 season:
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http://www.tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=18989904
In other words, we have 2 options:
(1) Fire Gates and light $17M on fire by paying the buyout.
(2) Use that $17M to buy a roster that's too good to fail.
#2 makes a lot more sense – while the buyout continues to decrease by $4M each season. Either way, it costs an extra $17M that could otherwise go towards football... but that's the predicament our former AD put us in.