At the time of Hermann's dismissal, she had 31 months left on a contract that paid her a base of $450,000GETTY IMAGES
Former Rutgers AD JULIE HERMANN was reportedly given approximately $500,000 more than she was owed by the school after being fired in November '15 without cause "in exchange for agreeing not to sue the university for wrongful termination." At the time of her dismissal, she "had 31 months left on a contract that paid her a base salary of $450,000 annually." That "worked out" to $1.1625M (NJ.com, 8/2).
NAMES: The Association for Women in Sports Media selected ESPN's JACKIE MACMULLAN as the '19 recipient of its Mary Garber Pioneer Award (AWSM)....The NLL named Colorado Mammoth COO & Alternate Gov. MATT HUTCHINGS Exec of the Year (NLL)....Lightning Owner JEFF VINIK announced a new $10M innovation hub called Embarc Collective that will "work to provide tech entrepreneurs with resources that they might not otherwise find in the Tampa Bay area" (TAMPABAY.com, 8/1)....T'Wolves G DERRICK ROSE has "started a college scholarship program, which will award more than $400,000 in tuition money" (STARTRIBUNE.com, 8/1)....Dodgers ownership and baseball players NOMAR GARCIAPARRA and AARON TROLIA launched E|L1 to help solve the challenges facing today’s youth athletes and their families by providing players, teams, leagues, and their existing coaches with access to an elite curriculum and an always-on support system that prioritizes mental health and well-being (Dodgers)....Nike invited a group of 59 students to DC, ages 12-17, that were handpicked by the company’s community partners from Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, L.A. and N.Y. for a “unique two-day experience that included a tour of the monuments” (THEUNDEFEATED.com, 8/1)....Iowa-based grocery store chain Hy-Vee presented the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in K.C. with a $20,000 check "from the sales” of former MLBer AMOS OTIS bobbleheads (KANSASCITY.com, 8/1)....U.S. luger CHRIS MAZDZER, a Devry Univ. alum, will deliver the keynote address at the university’s Chicagoland area commencement ceremonies on Sunday (Devry)....Former NFLer STEVE TASKER has been named the “honorary pace car driver” for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen Int’l (Elmira STAR-GAZETTE, 8/2).
