Because if Tang doesn't agree to a lower buyout settlement, his only recourse is to sue KState, and then he risks the court system awarding him nothing at all plus having to pay expensive legal bills for a civil trial.
On the other hand, his civil trial could result in KState having to pay him the full $18 million plus all of his legal fees.
Which option would you take, let's say a $9 million settlement to just go away quietly or a long, expensive, and messy civil trial that will result in you being awarded $0 to $18 million?
This is easy for me to say, but I think I'd call KState's bluff and take them to court.
The guy already has his millions and any lawyer worth his weight should be able to destroy Gene Taylor on this one.
The fact that they are going back to his Tuesday comments as reason and they couldn't fire him until after the game on Saturday because Taylor wasn't in town should make this one very easy.
Tang will have the support of a lot of coaches on trying to win this case because if he loses it (or settles) it basically warrents the buy out clause worthless going forward.


