When he was hired as Arkansas’ athletics director, Hunter Yurachek vowed to take a stand against the ballooning buyouts across college football.
That was eight years ago, in December 2017. The Razorbacks had just opted to pay nearly $12 million to fire Bret Bielema — a decision that eventually led to a sticky legal battle.
“We’ve got to get a handle on coaches contracts and the buyouts,” Yurachek said at his introductory press conference. “To me, losing football games is being terminated with cause. The protection sometimes that coaches are provided within their contracts to me is ludicrous.