Clemson football head coach Dabo Swinney has agreed to receive $1.25 million less in compensation because of the university and athletic department's financial concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Steve Berkowitz of USA Today wrote:
"The document—provided in response to an open-records request—says Swinney will give up a $1 million retention payment that would become payable if he remains the Tigers’ head coach through Jan. 1, 2021, and he will not receive a $250,000 raise that had been set to take effect on Jan. 1.
"Taken together, the reductions represent a decrease of just over 13 percent of the $9.