Breaking down Jimbo Fisher’s contract buyout cost year by year
The bye week is nearly over for Texas A&M (4-3, 2-2 SEC), and they’ll be greeted with a home matchup versus South Carolina in Week 9 to kick off the second half of their schedule. Truth be told, some may call this Jimbo Fisher’s “do or die” game.
With the Aggies having dropped back-to-back games that they arguably should have won, it has once again fueled the conversation about Fisher’s future. The critics have plenty of ammunition to last the rest of the season, if we’re being honest.
After falling to Tennessee last weekend, Fisher still has not won a true SEC road game since 2021. In comparing Fisher’s record to, yes, Kevin Sumlin through 67 games, Sumlin’s 45-22 mark is a step above Fisher’s 43-24. All that’s to say that if, and only if, A&M’s season goes off the rails in the latter of this schedule, it will be time to ponder Fisher’s future in Aggieland seriously.
But when could Fisher potentially get the boot via contract buyout? Well, it’s not that simple, and more specifically, it’s not that cheap. If Texas A&M were to move off Fisher, that financial number would be vast, to put it in layman’s terms.
Below is the cost of Jimbo Fisher’s contract buyout year by year, from 2023 all the way through 2031. One thing’s for certain: if Texas A&M believes Fisher should be gone, they’ll need to scrounge up every last penny based on what the financials show.
2023
Buyout: $76,800,000
2024
Buyout: $67,550,000
2025
Buyout: $58,200,000
2026
Buyout: $48,750,000
2027
Buyout: $39,200,000
2028
Buyout: $29,550,000
2029
Buyout: $19,800,000
2030
Buyout: $9,950,00
2031
Buyout: N/A
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