KU Basketball Honcho Bill Self Celebrates EPIC $53-MILLION Contract End Game

Technically . . . He was already the highest paid state employee in Kansas.

Now . . .

BILL SELF WILL FINISH HIS CAREER BY WAY OF 53 MILLION BUCKS TO COACH KU B-BALL!!!

Local news downplays the total which is really the only reason anybody cares . . .

Making his clearest statement yet one day after the announcement of a lifetime contract that will pay the Hall of Famer $53 million over the first five years and make him the most highly compensated men's basketball coach at a public university . . . The 60-year-old Self was as definitive as ever about his future while speaking Wednesday with a small group of reporters.

“Make no mistake, they can still get rid of me. That's why contracts are written where there is, ‘If this happens or that happens, this happens and these are the consequences,” said Self, whose amended contract amounts to a five-year deal that extends each year. “But that's the way it should be, you know, in every walk of life. But I'm excited that I will finish my career here.”

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