A Colorado state law makes it illegal to give higher education employees contracts for longer than five years.

So, when the University of Colorado approved a six-year contract for new coach Mel Tucker — the former Georgia defensive coordinator — on Wednesday, it raised eyebrows.

Per The Denver Post, the agreed upon contract runs through 2024, but after realizing their mistake, the Colorado Board of Regents will amend the deal to only run through 2023:

Wednesday morning, the board voted 6-2 in favor of Tucker’s contract to run Jan. 1, 2019 through Dec. 31, 2024. That’s six years. Based on the language of the approved contract, which includes annual raises of $275,000, the deal is worth $18.5 million rather than $14.8 million.

However, Ken McConnellogue, CU’s vice president of communications, told The Denver Post the extra year was an oversight and the contract will be amended to run through 2023.

Seems like the sort of thing school officials should have been aware of, right?

Whatever the case, Tucker will soon have a contract and will be making plenty of money over the next five years.