Assignment task:
The Pittsburgh Penguins offered Clay Tarnopol a job playing in center field. In addition to his salary, Tarnopol was told that he would get a minimum bonus of $425,000 for playing on the team, unless he is injured, resigns, or is terminated before the season ends. Tarnopol accepted the job and joined the team for spring training, but before the Opening Day, the owner of the team filed for bankruptcy. Tarnopol filed a claim in bankruptcy court for his unpaid salary and for the bonus, which he described as a signing bonus. The Penguin owners responded that the bonus was a performance bonus only to be paid at the end of the season. To resolve this issue, Tarnopol asked the court to allow extrinsic evidence of his conversation with the hiring manager. How is the court likely to rule?