Two days after Pokey Chatman resigned as LSU's women's basketball coach, the university's board of supervisors deferred action on a new $425,000-per-year contract for athletic director Skip Bertman.

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LSU Athletic Director Skip Bertman.

LSU board spokesman Charles Zewe said the board's unanimous decision on Friday had nothing to do with the increasingly scandalous circumstances surrounding Chatman's resignation or how the athletic department handled the matter.

"Some of the board members were concerned about how the contract read in a couple of areas and wanted to clarify it," Zewe said. "There's no rush. His existing contract doesn't run out until June 30. There's nothing out of the ordinary here."

The action came on the heels of stunning developments at LSU, as Chatman, who had won 90 games in her first three seasons as head coach, abruptly stepped down with her tenth-ranked team bound for the NCAA tournament.

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