CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule has filed an arbitration suit with the NFL against the franchise in a dispute over approximately $5 million he claims that he’s owed in severance compensation, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Most of Rhule’s remaining guaranteed salary with the Panthers — approximately $35 million, according to sources — has been offset and doesn’t have to be paid because he now has a new job as the head coach at the University of Nebraska.
However, the arbitration suit claims that the Panthers still owe Rhule about $5 million due to the year-by-year difference between what Rhule would have made at Carolina and what he is making now at Nebraska. The Panthers have not been paying Rhule his salary for the past several months, sources said.
