[NU Sports] What's in a million? (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> If that is the case, a coach can live very comfortably on $250,000-300,000 of
> that gross with well over half a million sheltered in various other projects.
> FWIW - Barry Switzer didn't need to do anything, ever again after he left
> Oklahoma, but the call of the NFL and the chance to win a Super Bowl was just
> too strong.

As I recall, Barry Switzer was made a partner in a number of oil ventures
with OU alum, I think the tax problems those created helped lead to his 
departure at OU, but as a very rich oil person, far more than what he got 
from OU or the shoe contracts.  (I think one of those partners was his 
employer-to-be at Dallas, Jerry Jones.  In fact, weren't they roommates 
or frat brothers in college?)

Yeah, Barry's driven by that call.

He is also one of the funniest public speakers I've ever seen, he's WORTH 
his fee!  Here's a joke he told in Nebraska once, about a year before he 
resigned at OU:

OU had an off week, and the team was kind of beat up, so I gave them a
weekend off.  Two linemen decided to go hunting for bear, having been told 
that bear hunting was one of the most exciting and challenging of sports.

So they flew up to Montana, bought some rifles, rented a car, and drove off 
into the woods.  They saw a sign that read "Bear Left".   So they went home.
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Mike Nolan