The Anatomy of a Coach\'s Deal

by Thom Park, Ph.D.

American Football Monthly April 2000 Issue OnlineReading the transactions column in the daily sports page, studying the waiver wire and reviewing the latest sports deal on the Internet have become habits of mine.

To the uninitiated, what a good head football coach should be awarded in his contract might translate only into dollar compensation. Let me suggest, rather, that the deal\'s design and structure, the performance incentives, roll-over provisions, outside income, retirement benefits, split-dollar collateral assignment cash-va...Login to Read More

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