Hollywood, college football, Major League Baseball — it’s all just show business folks and the same considerations apply to stars everywhere.
Rodriguez had a graduate assistant hand in his official letter of resignation. When West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong read the letter, it said that Rodriguez is resigning “effective Jan. 3.”
West Virginia’s contract with Rodriguez has a $4 million buyout clause. The resignation date is Coach Rod’s way of telling the school that they either let him coach through the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2 or they let him walk — in which case the buyout clause could be voided.
And all this time we thought college basketball coaches were the slick ones.