A threatened boycott by four fired University of Illinois football coaches did not materialize as the coaches went on to coach in the school's bowl game this past Saturday. The dispute centered around four coaches believing that they had contracts that would have expired after the 2012 season. However, according to former Illini head coach Ron Zook some of the contracts were changed, and the contracts expired after this past season. Because of this, the coaches had threatened to boycott the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. This link explains why it is important to have an attorney or agent carefully read a contract. It seems a clause was put in all of the contracts that said in the contract year ending after January 31, 2011 that either party could terminate the contract with 60 days written notice prior to January 31 of the current contract year. It is interesting to note that Ron Zook's explanation was just a little off, similar to much of his coaching history in Champaign-Urbana.