Reports: Franchione Bought Out, Done. Excelsior!

[WayzUp]

REPORTS: FRANCHIONE BOUGHT OUT, DONE. EXCELSIOR!
Buyout?

Sports talk types in Dallas and Birmingham reporting that Dennis Franchione’s buyout has been hammered out, and that Franchione will leave Texas A&M following the 2007 season for the low, low price of 8 to 10 million dollars American, or roughly the combined yearly salaries of 200ish Americans making the average national wage.

Aggie fans, if this is true: EXCELSIOR! Your team might watch tape and prepare instead of attending endless motivational seminars. The number one name on Aggie AD Bill Byrne’s list according to ESPN’s Chuck Cooperstein: Tommy Tuberville, who won’t leave but who will chip a few more gold bricks out of Bobby Lowder’s tower of football Mammon thanks to the overtures.

Other fun, truthy candidates:

–Terry Bowden (though we want him to go to Arkansas in a marriage made in hell)
–Gary Patterson
–Will Muschamp
–Bo Pelini
–Jimbo Fisher
–Paul Johnson
–Jerry Moore. Hot hot hot!


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[The Ramp]

Isn't TAM 5-2? that's not that bad. what are these aggies thinking? slocum's days are long gone

[WayzUp]

Isn't TAM 5-2? that's not that bad. what are these aggies thinking? slocum's days are long gone

I think they're doing it to get ahead a bit of the NCAA sanctions that are sure to come for his breaking the rules. You haven't heard?? (http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=278618)

[The Ramp]

I think they're doing it to get ahead a bit of the NCAA sanctions that are sure to come for his breaking the rules. You haven't heard?? (http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=278618)

yeah i remember that....i didn't think that was an ncaa infraction. but if i think about it...it is and he's a stupid stupid man.

[NiKka]

if Arkansas can fork out the $$$
and if Fran wants to return to the SEC
that would be a great hire

note: Arkansas does have a new AD

[dcbama]

If true, it couldn't have happened to a bigger SOB than him, though I have to admit, knowing he's walking with close to $10 mil will take away from my enjoyment of the situation he put himself in.

[WayzUp]

I think the infraction is that he was giving out injury & player information over a 'for-pay' website and that's the kind of info the NCAA assumes will be used for gambling purposes. I'm not sure what the exact rule is...NCAA regs are like tax law to me....but I'm pretty sure that's a fairly big no-no in their eyes. A&M is getting back on defense early so they can say "Don't hurt us too bad, look, we fired the guy already, give us probation, PLEASE?"

[Crimson Kicker8]

Fran never should have left Alabama. Probation or not, he had the Tide heading in the right direction when he left and he'll never have it that good again. His loss. Oh well, in retrospect it's probably best he left, considering his NCAA violation we definitely don't need any more of that crap. A&M got him and now they have to deal with him.

[gatorunvrsty]

I didn't know it was against NCAA rules, either; but from all the stories I read, it was against numerous clauses in his contract about earning money from outside enterprises. And I agree with Ramp... he's as dumb as a box of rocks. Didn't it occur to him that anybody could fork over the $1200 for the inside info on his team, including opposing teams? :brick: That idiot honestly thought making folks sign a confidentiality agreement would prevent them from talking about what they were paying for. Well, if you're a member of the staff of another team, a little thing like that won't prevent anything; particularly if you're not using your real name in the first place, and having the newsletter sent to a dummy address.:blink: Man, he better invest the $10 million, or save it for a rainy day... I wouldn't think there are many teams with an AD as stupid as he is, and willing to hire someone whose thinker is obviously broken.

EDIT: I did pick up this little tidbit:
Violation of NCAA rule 11.2.2 alone has never resulted in a major infractions case. Several schools _ including Wisconsin in 1999, Southwestern Louisiana in 1995 and Virginia in 1993 _ were punished for their coaches failing to report athletically related income in combination with numerous other infractions, according to the NCAA.

[timNem]

I think the infraction is that he was giving out injury & player information over a 'for-pay' website and that's the kind of info the NCAA assumes will be used for gambling purposes. I'm not sure what the exact rule is...NCAA regs are like tax law to me....but I'm pretty sure that's a fairly big no-no in their eyes. A&M is getting back on defense early so they can say "Don't hurt us too bad, look, we fired the guy already, give us probation, PLEASE?"
He was breaking the Federal HIPPA Laws by doing that too. Major boneheaded error.

[crimsonnation713]

Four words come to mind. PAYBACK IS A BI!@H !!! :thumpsup:

[sheluvsbama]

I am glad that we are free of Franchione. He was just not a Tide man. I wonder if he has had occasion to regret leaving...it doesn't matter. We are alot better off without him. :happy:

[SoonerManiac]

I didn't know it was against NCAA rules, either; but from all the stories I read, it was against numerous clauses in his contract about earning money from outside enterprises. And I agree with Ramp... he's as dumb as a box of rocks. Didn't it occur to him that anybody could fork over the $1200 for the inside info on his team, including opposing teams? :brick: That idiot honestly thought making folks sign a confidentiality agreement would prevent them from talking about what they were paying for. Well, if you're a member of the staff of another team, a little thing like that won't prevent anything; particularly if you're not using your real name in the first place, and having the newsletter sent to a dummy address.:blink: Man, he better invest the $10 million, or save it for a rainy day... I wouldn't think there are many teams with an AD as stupid as he is, and willing to hire someone whose thinker is obviously broken.

EDIT: I did pick up this little tidbit:
Violation of NCAA rule 11.2.2 alone has never resulted in a major infractions case. Several schools _ including Wisconsin in 1999, Southwestern Louisiana in 1995 and Virginia in 1993 _ were punished for their coaches failing to report athletically related income in combination with numerous other infractions, according to the NCAA.

The deal is, they had 15 or whatever the # was boosters that they approached on this issue. They didn't just say, "Hey, anyone can get this." So they were pretty confident Mack Brown wasn't a subscriber.

That said, one booster was quoted as saying as soon as he got the email, he forwarded it to about 50 of his buddies...and who knows how many people each of them sent it to.