I heard on a podcast yesterday that Pardew is on around £30k a year, and a whole host of bonuses are written into his contract. So effectively his head butt cost him just over 3 years pay! No wonder he didn't get the boot, no one else would take that job for that kind of money
I heard that on the guardian pod too. if that is the case tho, hell probably be on massive bonuses that would bring his overall earnings in line with other premier league managers.