What Price For Victory? For Kansas, It's $2.5M Per Win

What Price For Victory? For Kansas, It's $2.5M Per Win
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2012, file photo, Kansas coach Charlie Weis walks the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State in Lawrence, Kan. Weis is off to a 1-6 start at Kansas, and his hope for instant success behind fifth-year transfers has been scuttled. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2012, file photo, Kansas coach Charlie Weis walks the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State in Lawrence, Kan. Weis is off to a 1-6 start at Kansas, and his hope for instant success behind fifth-year transfers has been scuttled. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

The cost of a football victory keeps climbing for Kansas.

This season, the university paid Charlie Weis $2.5 million for one win — the highest cost per victory among schools whose teams won at least one game, according to USA TODAY Sports' annual analysis of football coaches' compensation. Kansas paid Turner Gill $1.05 million for each of two wins last season, after paying Gill $700,000 for each of three wins in 2010.

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