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<blockquote data-quote="COOL MAN" data-source="post: 129541231" data-attributes="member: 1080466">Here's an interesting excerpt from the ESPN piece on the Dixon move:The 50-year-old Dixon had a contract with Pitt until 2023, with a buyout that was believed to be about $10 million.&nbsp; Without getting into specific numbers, Barnes said the significant buyout was &quot;above anything&quot; he had seen in the marketplace. But Pitt &quot;softened&quot; it to allow Dixon to follow his heart back to TCU.

&quot;It wouldn't have been good for our program or our student-athletes or him and his family to hold him hostage by what was a way beyond market buyout,&quot; Barnes said.If there's any truth to this rumored buyout &quot;softening&quot;.....and I assume there is......it would certainly appear to me this Barnes guy was more than ready to move on from Dixon.&nbsp; It also leads me to assume there were far more folks ready for Dixon to pack his bags than just the AD;&nbsp; possibly the Chancellor himself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="COOL MAN, post: 129541231, member: 1080466"] Here's an interesting excerpt from the ESPN piece on the Dixon move: [INDENT][I]The 50-year-old Dixon had a contract with Pitt until 2023, with a buyout that was believed to be about $10 million. Without getting into specific numbers, Barnes said the significant buyout was "above anything" he had seen in the marketplace. But Pitt "softened" it to allow Dixon to follow his heart back to TCU. "It wouldn't have been good for our program or our student-athletes or him and his family to hold him hostage by what was a way beyond market buyout," Barnes said.[/I][/INDENT] [I][/I] If there's any truth to this rumored buyout "softening".....and I assume there [B]is[/B]......it would certainly appear to me this Barnes guy was more than ready to move on from Dixon. It also leads me to assume there were[B] far[/B] more folks ready for Dixon to pack his bags than just the AD; possibly the Chancellor himself. [/QUOTE]

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