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Rhule filed the lawsuit on Jan. 25.
Rhule was fired Oct. 10 and was owed $34 million on the rest of
his contract, pending a new contract that Rhule might sign with
a new team or school. Rhule was later hired by Nebraska on an
eight-year, $72 million deal that offset most of what the
Panthers owed to Rhule.
At issue, according to CBS Sports, is that the Panthers will
contend that Rhule's contract with Nebraska is backloaded
intentionally to get Panthers owner David Tepper to pay Rhule
more up-front money on the severance.
Nebraska is set to pay Rhule $5.5 million in Year 1 with
escalators that take it to $12.5 million per year.
Rhule reportedly hired New York City litigator John Singer of
Singer Deutsch LLP to file the complaint with the NFL.
Rhule was fired by the Panthers after a 1-4 start. He had an
11-27 record in two-plus seasons with the team.
Tepper said Tuesday, during the introduction of new head coach
Frank Reich, that he made a "mistake" hiring a "CEO-type head
coach" like Rhule.
"With all humility, I could have done better, OK?" Tepper said.
"I'm not saying that Rhule wasn't a good coach. I'm not saying
that. Please don't interpret it that way. I'm saying I could
have run a better process last time. I do believe that."
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