So it's 1.1m guaranteed, 2.0m if he reaches incentives. That's a lot of cash. I wonder what the incentives are.
Hiring Marshall would've been a gigantic splash and would've made Mizzou the talk of college basketball. The press (and ticket sales) from such a hire would be easily worth 1.0m extra. If the SEC network really takes Mizzou from 21.0m/yr to 30.0m+ then why pinch pennies like that? I don't know what big donors want there but I'm sure there's a bored old rich guy who could stroke that check without blinking. Mizzou doesn't even have any debt costs with their Arena so where are their hoops expenses?
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