SpiffCoug wrote:
I'm going to ask the question everyone wants to know but doesn't dare to ask: Does Coach Rose's BYU salary automatically come straight from BYU with the tithing taken out? Does he pay higher tithing on bonuses? Yes, I already know that he didn't get a tithing break of 7% in his contract terms.
If it does come with the tithing already taken it out, it is by request from Coach Rose. That's not a BYU mandate. Tithing is still "optional" in the same respect that all commandments are optional. BYU doesn't make you keep the commandments by doing the work for you.
Yeah, BYU couldn't take the tithing out, even if you asked them. That is something that is paid to your ecclesiastical leader.
Are you referring to whether or not he gets paid with tithing money? (Or am I reading too much into the question?) The answer to that, is also no. He gets paid with donations made by boosters to the program, and out of ticket sales, etc if/when that falls short (which it no doubt will not.)