Ryan Thorburn has his contract details in the RG. $3.2M a year for him, $4M for the players. Just kidding, this is the NCAA. The $4M is for his assistant coaches. He played football for uncle Jack, and coached with cousin Jim. But economics has no mercy. While Duck AD Rob Mullens’ badly timed contract renegotiations with Matt Helfrich and Dan Altman are burning through Phil Knight’s money like it’s Phil Knight’s money (plus $4-$5 million a year from from the academic side) price elasticity is still the top threat to Duck Athletics, with Professors Harbaugh and Tublitz in a poor fourth place. Full pdf of the Duck threat alert here:
I apologize for being this complacent – however, the inelasticity of my wallet prevents me from attending duck games.
I’m too lazy to go digging through old posts, remind me where the $4-5 million figure comes from?
if memory is correct, that’s the sum of jock box and student athlete advising subsidies from the academic side