Many years ago I was an employee. My employer offered me a three year contract. It was a typical exclusive services contract. A non-competing company offered me a significant bump. I told my employer that I wanted to terminate our agreement. They said no as was within their rights. No hard feelings.
How is it that coaching contracts, like Lane Kiffin's, are so one sided that the coach can quit and start working for a competitor the next day? Maybe the top coaches have so much power they can command these terms, but it seems like every coach, the below average coaches at large programs and coaches from schools like JMU, Texas State, etc, don't have iron clad contracts. In Rutgers case it hardly makes sense to have a 3 or more year contract when there is a good chance the candidate will leave if he is successful. These contracts seem so one-sided. When Schiano left for Tampa Bay there were 5 years left on his contact. Are there no schools who enforce non-competes, exclusive services, non-contact?
How is it that coaching contracts, like Lane Kiffin's, are so one sided that the coach can quit and start working for a competitor the next day? Maybe the top coaches have so much power they can command these terms, but it seems like every coach, the below average coaches at large programs and coaches from schools like JMU, Texas State, etc, don't have iron clad contracts. In Rutgers case it hardly makes sense to have a 3 or more year contract when there is a good chance the candidate will leave if he is successful. These contracts seem so one-sided. When Schiano left for Tampa Bay there were 5 years left on his contact. Are there no schools who enforce non-competes, exclusive services, non-contact?
