An inside look at the disastrous clause in Mark Stoops' contract that prevents him from being fired.
Every frustrated Kentucky football fan is asking the same question after three years of watching the program crumble: With a staggering $9 million salary and a dismal 18-20 record, how is Mark Stoops’ job still secure? The answer lies in a contract so poorly constructed, so disastrously negotiated, that it may be the single worst in all of college sports history. The University of Kentucky is trapped, not by loyalty, but by a Mitch Barnhart poison pill clause that makes a coaching change financially impossible, and Mark Stoops unfireable.