To answer the contract question that I've heard quite a bit, this is from the DSM Register from last March.
A unique protection clause in McDermott's original six-year contract, signed March 22, 2006, has given him an automatic three-year extension that now runs through July 1, 2015. Iowa State didn't publicly announce McDermott's amended contract, signed June 10, 2008, since it was only a provision to the original deal.
In essence, due to the APR issues and the Jiri Hubalek NCAA issues in Mac's first year, he had a clause that generated an automatic 3 year extension into 2015. Hopefully that answers some questions.
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