Don't expect to hear Mark Mangino bad mouth the University of Kansas any time soon. Part of Kansas' $3 million settlement to the now former football coach went to buying his silence.
Mangino and the university agreed to play nice and "not disparage one another, or officials or employees or agents," blah, blah, blah. You get the idea.
The $3 million is about a third of the $9.2 million that Mangino's four-year contract would have paid him.
By cutting the deal, Mangino also keeps quiet the results of the university's internal investigation of his treatment of his players. Kansas agreed to lock up the results as well as the letter of termination
that was dated December 3 and "talking points" as personnel records and
destroy every other copy of the documents.
Only a court order could force the sealed documents to go public.
After the jump, more details and read the full settlement.
Kansas and Mangino also agreed to keep confidential "all discussions and any correspondence between the Parties."
The good deal for Kansans: Your tax dollars won't be paying Mangino to
go away. Kansas Athletics will pay for it by raising private money.
Chili feed, anyone?
As part of the agreement, Kansas will pay Mangino's health insurance
through March 30, 2010, and life insurance through June 30, 2010.
Mangino will get a check for the full $3 million on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas, Mark.
Settlement document via KMBC channel 9.
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