Secret Prince deal stuns K-State

During the past six months, Kansas State University fans have come to accept $1.2 million as the cost of ridding their valued football program of former coach Ron Prince and his mediocre success in three seasons. Turns out it’s worse than they thought. The new price tag is $4.4 million. Prince, now an assistant coach at the University of Virginia, is scheduled to receive $3.2 million more in payments from 2015 to 2020 — in addition to the buyout amount from his August 2008 contract extension. It’s all because of what K-State officials say is a “secret agreement” signed last August by Prince and Bob Krause, K-State’s former athletic director. “Secret,” as in hiding the agreement from anyone at the university, including president Jon Wefald. In a suit filed Wednesday in Riley County District Court, the university and its athletic corporation seek to invalidate the pact because it alleges that Prince’s agent/lawyer negotiated directly with Krause and not through the university’s lawyers. – Kansas City Star

Kiffin forced to self-report violation

Lane Kiffin, Twitter outlaw, is at it again. And isn’t it great? Kiffin, that rolling ball of controversies,has been forced to self-report another violation. This time, it came after he mentioned a recruit by name on his Twitter page. – St. Petersburg Times

Notre Dame football at Yankee Stadium?

The tradition of college football at Yankee Stadium could be in the embryonic stages of being revived at the new Yankee Stadium. Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame’s athletic director, said the Yankees were open to having college football at the new Stadium, and he would like the Fighting Irish to be the first team to play there. Swarbrick stressed that no dates had been discussed. “We’ve been in contact with Yankee Stadium and asked and inquired,” Swarbrick said. “We will be discussing games with them, but we haven’t entered into any substantive discussions.” – New York Times