One more round of answers before we head into the bye. ... Q: What are the specifics of Tyrone Willingham's contract in terms of what the school would have to pay him to fire him. Do they save any money by not firing him during the season? A: Willingham's contract calls for him to be paid $1 million for every year remaining on his contract if he his terminated without cause after Jan. 2, 2008. So if UW were to fire him this year, it would owe him $1 million, since he has one year remaining on his contract after this season. So it really doesn't matter if the school made a change now, or after the season, in terms of finances. When it did matter was last year. The school would have owed him $1.5 million for each year remaining on his contract if it fired him before Jan. 2, 2008 --- or $3 million if it had fired him last...
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