Alan Haller dismissal affects Jonathan Smith’s contract

Michigan State University’s dismissal of Alan Haller will have a financial fallout beyond his own contract.It affects football coach Jonathan Smith’s deal as well.The school’s decision to part ways with its athletic director Thursday triggers a clause in Smith’s seven-year, $52.85 million deal he signed when he was hired 17 months ago that cuts in half how much another school would have to pay to pry him away from the Spartans.

Source: Spartans Wire