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In response to a lawsuit filed in Dallas, Texas against the U.K. Athletics Association, the university had upped the deal by offering to pay former men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie more money and give him two cars. The lawsuit filed by Gillispie alleges the U.K. Athletics Association owes him $6 million for firing him two years into a seven-year agreement. At the center of the dispute, is a memorandum of understanding, which U.K. argues is not a contract. Gillispie's attorney says he's not particularly impressed by U.K.'s response to the lawsuit, and he argues the memorandum has the same legal weight as a contract. U.K.'s response to the lawsuit asks the case be dismissed or moved to Kentucky.