Many of UCLA's current commits and key guys we missed out on came down to UCLA and UW.
The Arizona 247 guy basically says Fisch wants to be at UCLA. People will say UW is a better job but people want what they want. And Fisch is kind of known for looking around.
It sounds like his buyout drops substantially in January:
"The University of Alabama had to pay $12 million to acquire DeBoer's services from UW. If Fisch ends up taking a job elsewhere before Jan. 8, 2025, his new employer would have to send the same amount to UW to buy out Fisch's contract.
The buyout amount decreases as the contract ages, with it being $10 million if Fisch leaves before 2026, $6 million before 2027, $5 million before 2028, $3 million before 2029 and $1 million before 2030.
Fisch has spent an average of 1.5 years at each of his coaching roles over his career, so it wouldn't be too surprising to see him exit within the next seven years and require a buyout.
Although UW received the $12 million payment from Alabama, just under half of that will have to be conveyed to Arizona for Fisch's buyout from his contract there, which was $5.5 million."