We have contracts

Hey everyone. I hope you're having a swell Labor Day. I was in a movie when these contracts rolled into my inbox and, honestly, my iPhone just couldn't make this happen. Maybe I need a better device.

Auburn officially responded today to the Advertiser's request for documents related to coaches and their compensation. Football coaches. So let's get to it.

You already know a lot of this stuff. I'm going to list it anyway.

GENE CHIZIK, head coach

• Five-year deal. It ends Dec. 31, 2013.
  
  
• Base salary is $500,000 per year. It's payable in equal installments doled out each month. He also is entitled to an additional $1.4 million per year via other deals discussed below. His total compensation is $1.9 million per year.
  
  
• His buyout is $500,000 for every year remaining on the contract. That's a two-way deal. Auburn owes him if Auburn terminates the deal. He owes Auburn if he terminates the deal.
  
  
• Auburn paid Iowa State $750,000 to buy Chizik out of his previous deal. That debt will be "forgiven" at a rate of $150,000 per year. If he leaves, he owes the remaining sum. Half is due within 30 days. The rest is due within a year. If Auburn dumps Chizik without cause, the remaining debt will be forgiven.
  
  
• Let's look at the incentives:
  
  
  ACADEMIC INCENTIVES
  
  
  • If the team's annual APR is above .930, Chizik receives $25,000.
    
    
  • If the team's annual APR is above .950, Chizik receives $50,000 plus the $25,000. So it's $75,000.
    
    
  • If the team's annual APR is 1.000, Chizik receives $75,000 plus the other bonuses. So it's $150,000.
    
  
  
  
  COMPETITIVE SUCCESS
  
  • If Auburn wins 10 games, Chizik receives $75,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn wins 11 games, Chizik receives $100,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn wins 12 games, Chizik receives $125,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn wins 13 games, Chizik receives $150,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn wins 14 games, Chizik receives $200,000.
    
    (Unlike the academic bonuses, these do not combine.)
    
    
  • If Auburn loses in the SEC Championship game, Chizik receives $100,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn wins in the SEC Championship game, Chizik receives $200,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn receives an at-large bid to a BCS game, Chizik receives $50,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn plays in a non-BCS bowl, Chizik receives $50,000.
    
    
  • If Auburn finishes in the top five of the Associated Press or USA Today/ESPN polls, Chizik receives $100,000.
    
    
  • If Chizik is named Southeastern Conference coach of the year (by AP or the coaches), Chizik receives $100,000. (With a $100,000 maximum.)
    
    
  • If Chizik is named national coach of the year (by AP, AFCA, Walter Camp or Home Depot) or Chizik wins the Bryant Award, Chizik receives $100,000. (With a $100,000 maximum.)
    
    
  • If Auburn wins a national championship, Chizik receives $500,000.
    
    
  • Payments are due by Jan. 15 of the next calendar year.
    
    
  • Auburn also may create and disburse other "discretionary bonuses" if university officials consider that appropriate.
    
  
  
  
• PERSONAL ENDORSEMENT RIGHTS: In exchange for $700,000 per year, Chizik reliquishes all endorsement rights to the university. That includes shoe and apparel deals. That includes book deals, magazines, videos and websites. The university has the option of selling assigning these rights to a company.
  
  
• APPEARANCES: In exchange for another $700,000 per year, Chizik agrees to appear in 12 post-game shows (ie Auburn Football Review), at least 12 radio shows (ie Tiger Talk), 14 "mid-week call-in shows," 60-second halftime interviews, 14 taped interview segments to to be aired during the weekly television show, a one-hour postgame television interview after every game, a 15-minute radio interview before every game, a 15-minute postgame radio interview after every game and lots of appearances at "Program Scholarship Functions."
  
  
• AUTOMOBILE: Auburn is obligated to provide Chizik with two cars, though they may be "dealer cars," and to assume all costs associated with gas, service, maintenance and insurance.
  
  
• COACHING STAFF: Auburn is obligated to let Chizik have "primary responsibility to select, employ and terminate his staff." Candidates must first be vetted via the SEC and NCAA. Chizik is prohibited from supplementing, "directly or indirectly," the compensation awarded to any assistant coach or university employee.
  
  
• PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT: Chizik is obligated to notify the athletic director if he or his representatives discuss "directly or indirectly his prospective employment with any other institution of higher learning or professional athletic team."
  
  
• PERSONAL CONDUCT CLAUSE: Auburn reserves the right to terminate Chizik (and the contract) if he engages in behavior "that is unreasonably contrary to the public image and conduct Auburn expects from its Head Coach."

OTHER CONTRACTS

• Ted Rood, defensive coordinator: 3-year deal worth $370k/year.
  
• Gus Malzahn, offensive coordinator: 3-year deal worth $350k/year.
  
• Trooper Taylor, assistant coach: 3-year deal worth $320k/year.
  
• Tracy Rocker, assistant coach: 2-year deal worth $300k/year.
  
• Jeff Grimes, assistant coach: 2-year deal worth $290k/year.
  
• Tommy Thigpen, assistant coach: 2-year deal worth $250k/year.
  
• Curtis Luper, assistant coach: 2-year deal worth $260k/year.
  
• Phillip Lolley, assistant coach: 2-year deal worth $210k/year.
  
• Jay Boulware, assistant coach: 2-year deal worth $210k/year.

SEC CONTRACTS*
(*According to the Orlando Sentinel)

1. Urban Meyer, Florida -- $4 million
   
2. Nick Saban, Alabama -- $3.9 million
   
3. Les Miles, LSU -- $3.8 million
   
4. Bob Petrino, Arkansas -- $2.9 million
   
5. Mark Richt, Georgia -- $2.9 million
   
6. Houston Nutt, Ole Miss -- $2.5 million
   
7. Lane Kiffin, Tennessee -- $2 million
   
8. Gene Chizik, Auburn -- $1.9 million
   
9. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina -- $1.8 million
   
10. Rich Brooks, Kentucky -- $1.25 million
    
11. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State -- $1.2 million
    
12. Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt -- $1.1 million