Claim: Adidas pushed for Franklin firing

[Other_Guy]

This is both the worst rumor ever and also nothing would surprise me anymore anyway

 

[UTFranklinVol]

where was this during th Butch Jones era?

 

[Voltopia]

What kind of gibbering nutmonkey would think that Adidas, Nike, or any other major apparel sponsor would ever offer up 30-40 million to insert themselves into a school's personnel decisions?

I can't even begin to list the problems that would cause. It's completely idiotic. I could take the dumbest five thousand people on Earth, put them on a Carnival cruise ship, sail them out into the Gulf and then leave them stranded there for weeks -- and they'd still never come up with an idea as completely stupid as that one.

 

[bamawriter]

So Adidas would be willing to pay tens of millions of dollars of a coaching buyout for a school that they don't have a contract with until next year? How do people come up with this stuff?

 

[Godfatha]

I find this really hard to believe.

 

[Savannahbayvol]

What kind of gibbering nutmonkey would think that Adidas, Nike, or any other major apparel sponsor would ever offer up 30-40 million to insert themselves into a school's personnel decisions?

I can't even begin to list the problems that would cause. It's completely idiotic. I could take the dumbest five thousand people on Earth, put them on a Carnival cruise ship, sail them out into the Gulf and then leave them stranded there for weeks -- and they'd still never come up with an idea as completely stupid as that one.

Probably get in a fight at the Buffet line though.

 

[Volnut]

James Franklin pays the price for Penn State's failed 'Last Dance.' Be careful what you wish for

 

[VolPack22]

For those that don’t believe Adidas or Nike would be willing to pay a coach’s buyout, or at least a portion of the buyout, you have to be extremely naive. Those companies want to be associated with success and if they have their logo on an underperforming big time program that was a betting favorite to win the national championship at one point, they are going to force a move. I fully believe they are paying at least some of the buyout.

 

[CAVPUT]

This is both the worst rumor ever and also nothing would surprise me anymore anyway
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[Ned Ray McWorkher]

They must have said some ******** at that table.

 

[Other_Guy]

I've never laughed harder at a scene than this one. Props

 

[Shaun1985]

Lol. So silly. Why would adidas care? James Franklin didnt get PSU a new deal. They are who they were.

 

[#1fulmerite]

Came out yesterday that it was the AD’s decision and his alone. Urban was interviewed and stated it was going to cost Penn State upwards of $75 million including the almost $50 million buyout.