Jack Pilgrim

Participate in the college football playoff final four, women's final four, whatever, 100K, 100K, 100K.

Once you get to the achieve 250 million in annual athletics revenue, 200K.

Achieve 300 million in annual athletics revenue, 300K.

So...

We know where his bread is buttered and why he was brought in.

He understands the assignment, as one would say.

He was known as arguably the best fundraiser in all of college sports.

So you have to pay for somebody that knows how to bring in the money.

You have to pay to get paid.

So I love the...

money on the table while understanding that it's two jobs and i think people like it he's getting paid essentially double what mark uh what mitch barnhart made in his last year but he's also taking on a brand new um you know as a ceo of champions blue that's a whole brand new adventure for him that to take on so it's deserving and i think it's uh paid i think only four athletic directors in the country are paid higher than two million dollars so you you you

He did not come cheap to take him away from Michigan State.

He had to pay his buyout as well, but I believe in my end he's deserving of every penny, but now we've got to see the results.

We've got to see the production raise that money.

you guys are an elite standard, yada, yada, yada.

Obviously, you know, you guys win championships and then that's what we're going to do here.

But he didn't say like, Hey, my phone is like, if you need me for advice, if you need, he said, Hey, you will never have to question a day in your life here at the university of Kentucky, whether you're going to have the resources to maintain that elite standard that comes with being at the university of Kentucky.

Like,

He had Joe Kraft sitting there front and center during that.

He said, hey, I'm going to be working with this guy standing right here to make sure that you guys are able to fund these rosters and build these championships.