Warren Sapp will earn $150,000 a year as a Colorado graduate assistant, according to a report from USA Today.
While no such record keeping exists (if you can prove me wrong, my DMs are open), it would be difficult to imagine any graduate assistant approaching the $12,500 a month -- plus $15,000 in moving expenses -- Sapp will earn at CU. (Update: We're told James Laurinaitis made $200,000 as an Ohio State GA.)
The NCAA published rules in 2021 spelling out eligibility requirements for graduate assistants. Those rules severely restricted how much GAs could be paid, which has since been lifted amid legal pressure. The 2021 release also stated GAs must serve within a 7-year window that begins either after the candidate earns his or her undergraduate degree, or their football eligibility is exhausted, whichever comes later.
Sapp graduated from Texas Seminary Christian University with a Bachelor's degree in Christian sports management in December, according to media reports.
Colorado said in a statement earlier this week that Sapp passed a background check and that the 51-year-old Pro Football Hall of Famer is enrolled in coursework. Sapp also had a meeting with AD Rick George in which George “clearly articulate the department’s standards and expectations, to which (Sapp) acknowledged and agreed."
A member of the NFL's All-1990s and All-2000s teams, Sapp earned just shy of $59 million across a 13-year career for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders.
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