By Wayne Sterling, CNN
(CNN) — Firing Jimbo Fisher would net the University of Texas about $77 million
It would be the largest purchase in the history of high school football.
CNN reached out to Texas A
When Fisher was named head football coach at Texas A
The finances and the decision to fire the coach are “monumental,” Texas A’s athletic director Ross Bjork said.
In 2021, Texas A.
“As stipulated in the contract, there is a buyout clause in Coach Fisher’s contract and those main points will be resolved,” Björk said.
Texas A
“We will use unrestricted contributions within the 12th Man Foundation for the first one-time bills and the athletic branch will fund the annual bills for the remaining portion by expanding our earnings and adjusting our annual operating budget accordingly,” Bjork said.
“This will be for athletics and the budget of the 12th Man Foundation. “
This season, the Aggies are 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the Southeastern Conference, with two games left for the 2023 season, at home against the Abilene Christian Wildcats on Saturday and on the road against the LSU Tigers on Nov. 25.
Explaining his decision, the sporting director said that while the timing was “not ideal”, he felt the team needed a change of direction.
“Our program is stagnant, we deserve to be applicable at the national level, nothing works, nothing works and that’s why everything had to give way so that Aggie football could reach its full potential,” Björk said in the news. . conference.
Fisher 45-25 in six seasons at Texas A
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