{"id":283234,"date":"2025-11-10T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283234\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:04:10","slug":"report-brian-kelly-has-asked-lsu-for-his-full-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283234\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Brian Kelly has asked LSU for his full buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report<\/a> from The Advocate based on letters and other documents said former LSU football head coach Brian Kelly<\/a> has formally requested LSU pay him his full buyout.<\/p>\n

The letter, sent Nov. 5 by Kelly\u2019s attorneys to Athletic Director Verge Ausberry and LSU Board of Supervisors member John Carmouche, asks LSU to confirm by Nov. 10 (Monday) that it will pay Kelly \u201cfull liquidated damages\u201d per its \u201ccontractual obligation,\u201d according to The Advocate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsent this written confirmation by that date, Coach Kelly will pursue all available legal remedies,\u201d the letter continues, according to The Advocate.<\/p>\n

However, the letter reportedly leaves the door open for further negotiations. It said Kelly is \u201copen to any additional offers,\u201d The Advocate said.<\/p>\n

Kelly was fired Oct. 26 after LSU\u2019s blowout loss to Texas A&M dropped his team to 5-3 on the season. Since he was fired without cause, he is owed a $53 million buyout per the terms of his contract. According to his contract, the buyout is meant to be paid out in monthly installments until 2031.<\/p>\n

However, LSU has reportedly been working to lower the cost of the buyout by negotiating with Kelly.<\/p>\n

According to The Advocate, documents indicate LSU, on the day of Kelly\u2019s firing, offered to pay him a one-time payment of $25 million instead of his buyout. LSU later offered Kelly $30 million over two payments. Kelly rejected these offers, the documents obtained by The Advocate said.<\/p>\n

Kelly\u2019s buyout has been scrutinized by many, including Gov. Jeff Landry<\/a>, who called it a \u201cliability.\u201d Landry blamed former AD Scott Woodward for the buyout, saying it was evidence of Woodward\u2019s \u201ctrack record\u201d \u2014 Woodward also hired former Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher, who was fired and bought out for a record $77 million.<\/p>\n

Woodward wasn\u2019t at Texas A&M when Fisher was fired, nor did Woodward offer Fisher the contract extension that accounted for much of his buyout.<\/p>\n

Woodward and LSU parted ways<\/a> a day after Landry\u2019s public comments, making Ausberry the interim AD. He was named the full-time AD<\/a> on Nov. 4.<\/p>\n

Board of Supervisors Chair Scott Ballard said Oct. 31 that Kelly\u2019s buyout will be paid by donors and\/or self-generated athletic funds, not taxpayer money<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report from The Advocate based on letters and other documents said former LSU football head coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-283234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}