Some of the nation’s top college football coaches have clauses allowing them personal use of a private plane.
Coaches such as Alabama’s Nick Saban say it allows him to get away from the grind of a profession that has seen Urban Meyer step down at Florida amid concerns about his health and Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio miss a month after a mild heart attack.
Saban’s contract – which pays him $4.63 million this year – allows him personal use of a plane for 25 hours at the university’s expense. Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops gets 45 hours, Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz gets 35 and Ohio State’s Jim Tressel gets 20.
Mack Brown at Texas and LSU’s Les Miles don’t have similar deals. Nor do the coaches in the BCS championship game – Auburn’s Gene Chizik and Oregon’s Chip Kelly.
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