where neither side gives in? Well, until they finally just look each other deep in the eyes, shake hands & say "You didn't — I didn't. It was MUTUAL."

Yeah, that doesn't happen in real life, pal.

Or were you envisioning a situation where UVA let Bronco walk as he did — yet paid him his contract anyway?

No, that doesn't happen either. If an employer ends up paying his contract for not working it's called firing him. Which I never claimed happened in Bronco's case.

You guys are acting as if I'm insulting Bronco by saying he left in a "mutual" breakup. "NO, no. Bronco left on his own power!"

Yeah, he left on his own power BECAUSE of CONDITIONS put forth by his employer. That's what a MUTUAL breakup in business IS. Regardless of how far negotiates go (which in Bronco's case — he didn't even give UVA a chance to compromise on their original position).