Nebraska football: Scott Frost buyout makes him impervious to the hot seat

Should the Huskers fire Nebraska football coach Scott Frost? Only if they’re willing to pay him an absurd amount of money to buyout his contract.

Seemingly every time things start to go right for Scott Frost and the Nebraska Cornhuskers things turn around and get ugly in a hurry. A week ago, Frost and the Huskers were close to upsetting the Michigan Wolverines, which would’ve been the big win Frost really needed to get his fanbase back on board.

But things are going poorly against the Minnesota Golden Gophers as the Huskers trail 21-9 early in the third quarter. So, is now the time for Nebraska to go find a new head coach? Well, the Huskers would probably be better off if they waited a little while longer.

That’s because Frost has an absolutely absurd buyout.

Nebraska football shouldn’t fire Scott Frost just yet

Frost is the 17th-highest-paid coach for 2021 as he’s set to receive $5 million for this season. Nebraska pays its football coach a lot of money each year and, if the Huskers tried to fire him, they would have to pay him his buyout of $20,416,667.

While Frost has been incredibly underwhelming as the head coach of the Huskers, that’s not exactly chump change and many people don’t have that much money just laying around.

This is the Huskers’ own doing. Frost is being paid a hefty sum to be very unsuccessful. Even if Nebraska should move on from its current head coach, having to throw that much money around to replace him would make hiring the next head coach a difficult task.

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