The school informed Tucker on Wednesday that he had been fired for cause. The letter telling Tucker that he had been fired came afterof its intention to remove him from his job and allowed him the opportunity to respond as per the terms of his contract.
Tucker has contended that he had a consensual relationship with Tracy and has admitted to masturbating while on the phone with her — an act that he claims was consensual phone sex. In a letter to Michigan State on Monday, Tucker’s attorneys said Tucker “did not engage in unprofessional or unethical behavior or ‘moral turpitude’ by any stretch of the imagination.
The school cited the public disrespect clause in its letter on Wednesday and said Tucker had brought disrepute to the school with his conduct on the phone with Tracy in April of 2022. By firing Tucker for cause, the school isn’t legally obligated to pay him the over $75 million remaining on the 10-year, $95 million deal Tucker signed after the 2021 season. Tucker, however, is likely to continue to contest the terms of his firing in court in an attempt to gain at least a part of what remained on his deal.
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