Nebraska Fail

[dabears32]

Huskers are saying they are not going to pay Akron for the cancelled game. And "maybe" will pay travel expenses.

What a bush league move by a delusional program. I hope they get sued so hard.

 

[mj4cy]

The Huskers of the 90s could have played 12 guys on the field and the world would have said "you sure you don't want 13??"

but these ain't the 90s...

 

[I-stateTheTruth]

I wonder if the verbiage in the contract gives them some wiggle room.

 

[dabears32]

I wonder if the verbiage in the contract gives them some wiggle room.

Who knows, if they don't pay I bet their going rate goes up. Or teams wont go.

 

[BCClone]

Who knows, if they don't pay I bet their going rate goes up. Or teams wont go.

Teams will either not schedule them or want a non refundable down payment upfront.

 

[I-stateTheTruth]

Who knows, if they don't pay I bet their going rate goes up. Or teams wont go.

Good point

 

[CyCloned]

I thought they were going to play them later in the year? Aren't they going to want that 12th game?

 

[theshadow]

I thought they were going to play them later in the year? Aren't they going to want that 12th game?

 

[khardbored]

One would think that with millions of dollars on the line, a lawyer would have looked at the contract in advance. I have to imagine this is spelled out in there.

 

[dinger]

One would think that with millions of dollars on the line, a lawyer would have looked at the contract in advance. I have to imagine this is spelled out in there.

Agree. And if the contract has wiggle room for said lawyers to play with, it's bush league to use it.

 

[JM4CY]

Well if their previous two coaches they had to can weren't still on there payroll, maybe they'd have more cash available.

 

[BryceC]

To not even pay their travel expenses would be absolutely, insanely bush league.

 

[Clonefan32]

Here is a decent article on the legal aspects of backing out. I guess I don't read it the same way the author does. They seem to rely on that "failure to produce" language, which is obsolete in my mind because Akron produced a team. As for the other paragraph, I don't see the "including but not limited to" language that is usually included when something is meant to not be an exhaustive list. That paragraph sure reads like they specifically identified certain occurrences that would render it impossible, and weather was not one. I'm not sure you'd want to have to use the argument that the storms made it "impossible" to play the game either.

https://www.dominalaw.com/legal-blo...ract-clause-could-save-the-university-of-neb/

 

[yowza]

I believe I had read that Nebraska was wanting to play the game that Sunday (the next day) and had secured some housing for Akron but they didn't want to do it.

 

[cykee05]

I would guess they wanted to play a team that was less likely to beat them..

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Well, time to add another to the list

 

[Cycsk]

More evidence that Iowa State has higher ethics than the Fuskers!

 

[Cyclone27inQC]

The big 10 at least keeps consistent with their shady behaviors of sex scandals and violence. Now the Hoks aren’t paying their hospital construction bills and kNU is not paying for the visiting football programs.
Thank God I’m a Iowa State fan!

 

[isu81]

Looks like the NCAA granted Bethune Cookman the waiver to play a 12th game. The article also says Akron's travel cost will get covered, as well as at least some portion of their game check. But the sticking point was that Nebraska had found housing for the Akron team which allowed them to play Sunday and they said "no thanks". JP specifically said that was the eliminating factor for our game against SD State.

https://www.omaha.com/huskers/footb...cle_d4fb5828-086e-5224-b256-1d9e34805bb2.html

 

[VeloClone]

Yeah, they hatched a plan to put the team up in dorm rooms.

I don't think turning that down is grounds to withhold a dime of their contract. Man up, Fuskers, and recognize that the team held up its end of the bargain and pay them.