that wasn't already known by any informed fan.
Here's my post from days ago:
http://www.tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=18965403
The buyout locks us into Gates for at least 2 more years, and even then it would be extremely costly to the AD.
No one's hiring Gates for any significant amount of money if we fire him without cause. So to suggest that our buyout would be offset by future earnings is absurd.