Bret Bielema vs. the Razorback Foundation is a spitfire lawsuit, spiced with multiple shots at University of Arkansas officials and tactics. It’s also a revealing window into the way schools heedlessly throw millions of dollars at college football problems.
Reading it will have you reaching for the popcorn. And the antacids.
Bielema filed suit Friday asking for $7 million, alleging breach of contract stemming from his buyout agreement after being fired in 2017. The Foundation stopped paying him in January 2019, asserting that Bielema didn’t try hard enough to find post-Arkansas employment, and then didn’t receive a commensurate salary for his duties with the New England Patriots (another job would offset the amount Arkansas owed him).