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“Explainer: How ‘Insider’ Access Made San Francisco Chronicle and Berkeley J-School Miss Real Story Behind Death of Cal Football’s Ted Agu,” <\/b>https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10931<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Complete headline links to our series: <\/b>https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10877<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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by Irvin Muchnick<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Hey, how much can you make for a job like that? In the case of University of California-Berkeley head football coach Sonny Dykes, the answer is $2,300,000 this year, with raises in increments up to $2,525,000 in 2019 — along with performance bonuses every year of up to $600,000 per.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dykes, of course, presides over the program that in 2014, for all intents and purposes, murdered Ted Agu, whose family has recovered $4.75 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the university. Far from having the decency to resign, Dykes recently finagled a contract extension and raise for the brilliant job he has done in partially turning around the Golden Bears’ sorry fortunes in Division I college football.<\/span><\/p>\n

These figures are culled from Dykes’ contract, a copy of which was obtained by Concussion Inc. via a California Public Records Act request to the office of Cal chancellor Nicholas Dirks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The document iis viewable at <\/span>http:\/\/muchnick.net\/dykescontract.pdf<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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