The Charleston Gazette - WVU - WVU board approves Rodriguez settlement 

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It's Enough Money To Buy The Damn State
Published 7/9/2008 by Brian at mgoblog
... had to pay and the John Beilein precedent was encouraging. This appears to be a plausible scenario: Rodriguez is expected to pay $1.5 million spread over three years, beginning in 2010. U-M is expected to pay the balance of the sum, $2.5 million, immediately and cover Rodriguez's legal fees later, two people with knowledge of the agreement told the Free Press this morning. Hurrah, who cares, let's play football. Update: Further evidence Rodriguez was probably not the one who wanted to lawsuit it up: ...

Rodriguez Settles With WVU for $4Mil
Published 7/10/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mark) at SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated
The long Michigan nightmare is over. New UM football coach Rich Rodriguez has agreed to settle with his former employer West Virginia University, although cave is probably the more accurate term, by agreeing to pay the entire $4 million buyout fee at issue in the suit between them. Rich Rod will pay $1.5 million and other sources, presumably the UM or its football boosters will pay the other $2.5 million. I guess to that extent it can be considered a somewhat hollow victory for Rich Rod although I'm sure he could have gotten Michigan to pay that much up front without the necessity of going through all the ...