11.   TCU, meanwhile, negotiated a stiff buyout clause as a deterrent for programs looking to raid Fort Worth when a coaching position opens.

12.   The buyout clauses likely could be challenged in court, but the process would be too time-consuming to be worthwhile for prospective purchasers.

13.   The easy thing to say was that this was about money -- about a contract buyout clause so formidable, both TCU and LSU refused to budge.

14.   The new deal includes a buyout clause should Hewitt opt to leave for another college coaching job.

15.   There is no buyout clause if the Dodgers decide against the option.

16.   There were members of the LSU Board of Supervisors who were agitated that the buyout clause was even an issue.

17.   There are no buyout clauses and few incentives.

18.   They would not rule out the possibility of dealing with coaches who have buyout clauses in their current contracts.

19.   Those are the questions TCU and Sullivan now face as they discuss an extension to his current contract, one that presumably also would contain a substantial buyout clause.

20.   When the University of New Orleans hired Joey Stiebing, the school insisted on a buyout clause.