Since 2024 has been paid, the buyout is only $3,760,000.
Burman needs to sit him down and ask him if he is going to fight for every penny or go away at a reduced buyout if there is any commitment to “put some of that money back into football”. Burman can make sure he ruins Sawville’s reputation unless Sawville lives up to the nice guy reputation he paints himself to be.
I am sure Sawville can get a $150,000 per year DC job at a place like Kennesaw State so he won’t go hungry. With a reduced buyout and his first year salary he will be set for life if he doesn’t squander it.
This really bothers me to say it, but if Sawville is retained ticket sales need to slump severely. That is the only vote the fans have. Fans may want to start sending their emails to Burman with a vote of no confidence and a threat to not renew now to find out what pile of pennies Burman takes seriously.