Alabama Byrne

Greg Byrne speaks during a news conference after being introduced as Alabama's new athletic director, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at Naylor-Stone Media Suite in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/AL.com via AP)

 VASHA HUNT

When Arizona hires a new athletic director, it might be wise to insert a contract buyout for the first time in school history.Β Greg ByrneΒ didn’t have a buyout, although Alabama would not have blinked to pay whatever it took to get Byrne to Tuscaloosa.Β 

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