Kentucky fans don’t get to play the “innocent bystander” card very often in SEC contract drama, but this time, they absolutely can.
Missouri just handed Eli Drinkwitz a new contract amendment that feels awfully familiar in Lexington: a bigger staff pool and automatic extensions triggered by a very reachable win total. The Tigers bumped his assistant pool from $12 million to $16 million and attached a one-year extension plus $200,000 raise anytime Mizzou wins eight or more regular-season games.
If you’re a Kentucky fan, that sounds a lot like a rerun, because it is.
Back in 2017, Mark Stoops’ amended deal included automatic extensions based on win totals.