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Former Longhorns quarterback Vince Young is getting paid $100,000 annually to be an assistant. The contract doesn’t give any details as to what he’ll be assisting, so it sounds like he’s Netflix’s Lucifer of college football.
Texas will pay former Longhorns quarterback Vince Young $100,000 annually as a special assistant to the athletic director.https://t.co/VkrWkVTAB5
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) February 10, 2021
One thing Texas knows about Vince Young is that he’ll be worshipped by the fan base, just like Reggie Bush at USC. Fans always have a soft spot for dominant college players.
The only detail in the deal says that Young will report to athletic director Chris Del Conte, so we’ll have to wait and see how this plays out. Regardless, Vince will likely face no backlash if Texas stinks, which is probably part of the reason Young didn’t want a job title in the first place.
So while we’re driving through an hour of traffic for our 9-5 gigs, Vince will be popping in and out of the facility as he pleases for a smooth 100K. Maybe it does pay to be a college football player?
And this is *after* he’s been previously fired by the university for holding a similar gig. Complete waste of talent and money.
I know who Vince Young is … I do not know who Nick Morris is. I rather be a complete waste of talent and money than … Nick Morris. No?
who cares? Good for him. That University owes him a lifetime contract for his free labor he provided them during his playing days anyways.
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A lifetime entitlement for a few years of play? Play that was subsidized with unlimited free food (no small thing for an athlete), free housing, free access to a world-class education, free health care, free sports medicine and athletic training facilities, access to alumni, donors, celebrities, free publicity as the face of the program…….
Please, tell me more about how exploited he was!
Well he has the right skin color to be at the front of the line of the victim class.
LOL
Well, he got a $200,000+ education if he took advantage of it. That includes tuition, upgraded living facilities, upgraded cafeteria with nutritionists on board, free tutors at your service. People looking out for your best interests at all times. That should be all the payment these athletes require.
It may cost $200K, but should be about $25K. Especially if you stuck to classic subjects and take out all the new era political classes.
Texas did the same thing with Earl Campbell. Good on them for bringing their legends back into the fold. Young’s job may be nothing more than show up and be seen, but it shows they take care of their greatest players who are having a struggle making it in the real world.
Come on!!! This is a pay cut from when he played at Texas.
beat me to it
Giving the University of Texas a national championship means you will have lifetime employment in Texas. He’s the greatest football player in Longhorn history; it will be great for him to be around the program.
My speculation is he has no discernable employment capabilities – and it would be a bad look for UT to have their best ever player living in squalor, or less than ideal conditions.
Winner! He will bring in way more than $100K just for present at one booster dinner.
It does pay to be the most dominant player in college football history. *
What are you talking about? This article isn’t about Tim Tebow.