Fuck. I've been doing it wrong.
Somebody call the bank for me and tell them I only have to pay for my house for ONE year. After that it doesn't count.
And call them about my cars, too.
I need a refund on any payments I made after the first year.
Umm, I think you misunderstood my post; house payments weren't even part of the discussion.
Several people are saying that leaving Auburn did not result in a pay cut for Malzahn because he is being given an $850,000 salary and a $500,000 house. $850,000 + $500,000 = $1.35 million, so voila! He's making just as much at Arkansas State as he did at Auburn.
However, he's not being given a new house every year. His second year there, he's only going to be getting an $850,000 salary. There won't be another $500,000 house given to him in order to bring the value of his salary up to $1.35 million.
And like GH said, we don't even know if he's being given actual ownership of the house.