Jaguars could pay a big price to part ways with Meyer after video scandal, lawyer says

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Jacksonville Jaguars caput manager Urban Meyer watches a play connected the video show during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, successful Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars proprietor Shad Khan issued a connection Tuesday pursuing nationalist outrage implicit caput manager Urban Meyer’s actions astatine an Ohio barroom past week.

Khan called Meyer’s actions “inexcusable” but indicated he’s lasting down Meyer arsenic his manager going forward.

News4Jax spoke with some a Jaguars bushed newsman and a lawyer who specializes successful sports and amusement law. They some said Meyer apt has a batch of leverage and it would instrumentality a batch for the squad to determine to portion ways with him.

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Nationally and locally determination person been voices calling for the Jaguars to either subject oregon occurrence Meyer pursuing the now-viral video, but newsman Hays Carlyon astatine 1010XL Sports Radio said that apt won’t happen.

“Shad Khan wanted to prosecute Urban Meyer truthful severely that I deliberation there’s not a batch of connection successful his declaration that has a batch of teeth to it successful presumption of a clause that would let the squad to get retired of it,” Carlyon said.

The details of Meyer’s declaration are not publically available, but according to reports earlier helium was hired, the erstwhile Ohio State and Florida manager was seeking astir $12 cardinal a year.

John Phillips, a section lawyer who specializes successful sports and amusement law, said due to the fact that Meyer was a highly sought-after manager his declaration is apt robust clad, and it could beryllium costly for the squad if they ever wanted to occurrence him for violating either a “morals clause” oregon a “for origin clause” successful his contract.

“Generally successful those bargains, the manager has much bargaining power,” Phillips said. “Urban Meyer has specifically dealt with morals clause interpretations successful anterior contracts. I fishy helium had a beauteous almighty dialog wherever helium got much than usual, oregon much than average, successful the dialog connected the morals clause oregon the for origin clause.”

Phillips said if Meyer ever decided to resign that would apt beryllium a precise analyzable dialog with the team. He cautioned not to work excessively overmuch into Khan’s connection that thing volition hap to Meyer.

He noted 1 of the absorbing portions of Khan’s statement: “Specifics of our speech volition beryllium held successful confidence.”

The Jags are going to support Urban Meyer "for now," but conversations person been had astir who to regenerate him with in-season (Sutton, Strong, Bevell), arsenic good arsenic if they portion ways extremity of year.

FO wants to springiness him a accidental to excavation retired of this.

— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) October 5, 2021

Meyer said Monday helium apologized to the squad and his household aft a video that showed an chartless pistillate dancing connected him astatine an Ohio bar went viral this weekend.

“I conscionable apologized to the squad and the unit for being a distraction. It was stupid,” Meyer said during a greeting quality conference. “I explained everything that happened and owned it, and, you know, conscionable stupid, should not person had myself successful that benignant of position.”