Rick Bay was paid a lump sum of $162,097.44 as part of his severance agreement with San Diego State after resigning as athletic director in May, according to university personnel documents obtained by the Union-Tribune.

In addition, Bay received "any remaining salary supplement and car stipend(s) due him under his current contract through June 30," which likely pushes the total compensation package close to $200,000.

Contacted last night, Bay said: "That is something I would rather not comment on."

SDSU Director of Human Resources Sue Blair did not return a phone call requesting comment.

Bay resigned under pressure May 22, two weeks after a California State University auditor's report detailed a pattern of mismanagement within the athletic equipment room and lax oversight of the athletic department. Bay had disputed parts of the report, and SDSU President Stephen Weber said he "could not ask Rick to lead our response to an audit he does not agree with."

Bay, 60, was in his eighth year at SDSU and had two years left on a contract that paid him a base salary of $162,000 but was worth an estimated $250,000 with supplements and bonuses. In 2000, he was also named special assistant to the president.

Most of Bay's senior staff is gone as well. Senior associate athletic director Vance Redfern, Bay's right-hand man, retired from the university in December. Jana Doggett, another senior associate, was fired by Weber on the same day Bay resigned.

Meanwhile, the university is running up quite a tab paying people not to work – a figure that is approaching $300,000.

Redfern received a lump-sum payment of $61,181 as part of his settlement agreement. Equipment room manager Steve Bartel, the primary person implicated in the auditor's report, has been on paid administrative leave since May 22 while the university decides his fate.

"(Bartel) has certain protections as an employee in the state of California, and we need to honor those protections," Weber said earlier this week. "There are processes involved in this matter. The question is not going to be when something happens, but what happens."