Our ridiculous response to the Wuhan leaves nothing normal. For all we know Dr. Maggard might treat this as a non year even though Big Fish actually completed the championship and tournament championship by a quick exit.
The amount of the buyout continues to reduce and should be manageable after the completion of next season. Granted there isn’t a clause within his contract that reverses or amends the sliding buyout scale because the season didn’t technically play out.
If the reduction of his buyout reduces accordingly then it comes down to the athletic department’s calculation of diminishing or increasing returns.
Yes, overall the athletic department’s revenue will take a hit. However the financial decision will be based on projected revenue / savings based on Marlin’s retention vs the buyout and anticipated increase of revenue derived from hiring a new coach.
Take a hit? I still don’t think people fully comprehend what kinda “hit” this area is about to take. We will be “hit” for years...we hadn’t really recovered from the oil and gas hit in 2014 and now we have the virus and an oil hit that makes look 2014 look like peanuts. Our athletic department is about to struggle mightily for years. We were struggling to be financially relevant before this.
Sadly Lafayette could become a quazi ghost town much like Detroit and other rust belt cities. Really without oil what is the dark matter gravity holding Lafayette galaxy together.
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