Quiz: How well do you know coaching contracts?

[ScriptOhio]

Interesting quiz about NCAA football coaching contracts:

How well do you know coaching contracts?

[SIZE=-2]Just how sweet is Urban Meyer's deal at Florida?[/SIZE]

1) Which of the BCS Championship Game coaches has a bigger bonus for winning the national championship Jan. 8?

2) All of the following coaches get the use of two automobiles as part of their compensation. Only one of them, however, also has his university pay for gas, service and maintenance.

3) Chan Gailey of Georgia Tech has a clause in his contract that will trigger a $5,000 bonus for his assistants that he has yet to earn in five seasons. What seemingly impossible task must Gailey and the Yellow Jackets complete?

4) Which of the following is not listed as a duty in Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer's contract?

5) Which of the following will be added to the compensation of Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema should he decide to get married?

6) Which of these coaches has the highest bonus for winning a national championship?

7) Which of the following Atlantic Coast Conference coaches does not receive coveted ACC Basketball Tournament tickets as part of his compensation?

8) University presidents usually demand money from a coach if he leaves before his contract expires. Which coach may get money if the university president leaves before the coach's contract expires?

9) How did San Jose State coach Dick Tomey benefit the most from the Spartans' home games against nearby Stanford and Fresno State?

10) Which coach agreed contractually to pay his university?

11) Which of these coaches has a $500,000 buyout due to his university if he decides to leave before his contract concludes?

12) Les Miles can leave LSU with no strings attached for any job, except one. If he leaves for that one, he must pay LSU $1.25 million. Which job is it?

13) Which of the following coaches does not get the use of a luxury box or seats in the press box in his team's stadium for home football games?

14) Which coach will make more than half his annual salary in bonus bucks this season?

15) Mack Brown will receive an $80,000 bonus if Texas achieves a 70 percent graduation rate. If Georgia Tech achieves the same rate, what bonus will Chan Gailey receive?

16) In the contract under which Kansas coach Mark Mangino began this season, he received a $1,000 bonus for every player who:

17) Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer is known for the extra effort that he expends to take care of his assistants and support staff. Which of the following perks did Beamer not include in his most recent contract?

Go to ESPN site to submit your guesses (all are multiple choice) and see the answers:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/quiz?event_id=2641

 

[BuckeyePride]

If we win this NC... his contract is void and start negotiating a new one... WOW.....I'd say make JT the highest paid coach in NCAA. Well deserved.

 

[Okinawa's#1Buck]

That was a fun little quiz, thanks for the post.

 

[CookyPuss]

If we win this NC... his contract is void and start negotiating a new one... WOW.....I'd say make JT the highest paid coach in NCAA. Well deserved.

With a win on the 8th, he'll be able to write his own contract.

 

[HailToMichigan]

Nice li'l quiz. Kind of interesting to learn stuff like this. Tells you a lot about the schools in question (Kansas gives the coach a cool grand for every player who actually graduates - and it's not even like the Jayhawks have this huge problem of superstar athletes leaving for the pros to be a top-10 pick).

Also very interesting:

10) Which coach agreed contractually to pay his university?

39.6% Bill Callahan, Nebraska
20.9% Correct Answer: Lloyd Carr, Michigan
Carr has a clause in his contract that directs him to contribute $50,000 per year for seven years to fund an endowed scholarship for a Michigan student-athlete (it does not specify a sport). The scholarship will be fully funded by next summer.
20.3% Les Miles, LSU
19.2% Mark Richt, Georgia

Classless bastard. I shudder to think what kind of lesson he teaches those athletes.

 

[scooter1369]

With a win on the 8th, he'll be able to write his own contract.

And when he does, they'll have to make the tickets bigger to fit the face value price on them...

 

[Jagdaddy]

Classless bastard. I shudder to think what kind of lesson he teaches those athletes.

He teaches them that when he says he'll pay 'em $10K to go to UM that he means that they're going to get $10K of their schollie through his personal largess, and won't get an extra $10K

He also teaches 'em how to lose to OSU and make excuses but that's a whole nother story.