Kentucky paid us $6M to buy out Pope’s contract?

Mar 13, 2025
7:24:47am

Abe Froman Truly Addicted User

BYU billed UK $6 million for basketball coach Mark Pope's buyout, records show https://t.co/e7KIKJS1Ao via @courierjournal
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Kentucky paid us $6M to buy out Pope’s contract?

Abe Froman

7:24am

So that explains how we're paying 27 coaches and support staff.

byubyu

7:26am

And could afford to turn some donors to NIL

Charles Darwin

7:29am

Absolute win/win

CLCougar

7:40am

for 6 months anways

Cougarclaw

9:31am

Win-win, for us

ColonelSaunders

7:27am

Holmoe’s reaction

Rivers Cuomo

7:27am

Sans the cigar. 😂

Soupie

7:29am

Just an herbal cigar like Kirby Heyborn had in Saints and Soldiers

ColonelMustard

8:10am

RE: Just an herbal cigar like Kirby Heyborn had in Saints and Soldiers

DJROSS

8:33am

Billed but did they pay?

Soupie

7:30am

The article says they confirmed Kentucky paid the invoice

cougarfann888

7:31am

Second paragraph of the article:

TN_Coug

7:32am

Oh, they paid alright.

Shihan

7:33am

Maybe that is why Pope wasn’t the most gracious during his exit

Charles Darwin

7:36am

Because he had to honor his contract?

ATX

7:37am

His UK contract = ($$/year x length of contract) + $6,000,000 buyout to BYU.

thirdgencoug

8:44am

No, he had a contact with a buyout. Luckily his new employer covered that buyout

ATX

9:23am

That’s my point. “We can’t pay you more because we are picking up the $6MM

thirdgencoug

9:35am

I wonder if it's taxable to pope. If they are paying off a legal obligation

cougarfann888

9:46am

He got his dream job, let him go and enjoy his job. Nobody here would trade him

BYULAWGUY

7:39am

No one here would trade him back?

Charles Darwin

7:54am

Do schools usually just forgive buyouts?

txblue

7:40am

Not really, but byu in the past has worked it out other ways

cougarfann888

7:42am

Why would Pope care? Isn’t it Kentucky who had to pay the bill?

ldssdl

7:47am

You don’t think he would care about the basketball program he is taking over

Charles Darwin

7:51am

I’m sure he didn’t think it was ideal, but if history shows us anything, most

ldssdl

7:59am

I suspect he views it as his basketball program

Charles Darwin

8:06am

RE: I suspect he views it as his basketball program

ldssdl

9:12am

BYU and AJ are all smiles

MajorZeus

7:51am

So, Tom, were you involved w Dybantsa's 8-million-$ contract? "Well, thanx to UK

SinkingQuffa

8:59am

Hard to find sympathy for any $EC school having to pay up

Traveling Coug

8:07am

$6M buyout with 3 years remaining on his contract, I guess BYU was paying him

thewaterboy

8:08am

you think the buyout was 100% of his remaining deal?

JOPE

8:25am

That's not exactly how most buy outs work.. If I had to guess it was north of 2M

Yes

9:32am

I believe he was being paid $3MM per year with bonuses as well.

Archaea

9:56am

They should have billed for Jaxon Robinson and our top recruit, too.

Mabuhay Coug

8:43am

Also for the pain and suffering we all had when we thought Richie was gone.

fredy

10:02am

RE: Kentucky paid us $6M to buy out Pope’s contract?

Roko's Basilisk

9:39am

Used that money for AJ?

Coug98

11:16am

BYU would have paid UK to take Pope 6M if it meant we got KY coming in

archie

11:19am

I mean probably not. But I get the sentiment.

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