Nebraska Fail
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Imo NU should only pay actual costs incurred.
It’s surprising the ADs didn’t get better clarification on such events in the contract.
It’s surprising the ADs didn’t get better clarification on such events in the contract.
I'd be willing to bet that the contract states the date of the game. In that case they were not obligated to play the game the following day.
And yet (based on my understanding of Pollard's comments), we couldn't get the NCAA's blessing to play a 12th game with an FCS school?!?!?!
What's the deal with that?
It probably includes language to move the game for things like TV. Depends on how that's worded.
Is anyone surprised?And yet (based on my understanding of Pollard's comments), we couldn't get the NCAA's blessing to play a 12th game with an FCS school?!?!?!
What's the deal with that?
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.
Wouldn’t you also bet it states a game being playied though? In that case are they obligated to pay if no game occurred?
You’d think both sides would have sought to have specific language on such an event as weather related cancellation or postponement, including defining reasonable accommodations for an additional night.
If both sides left it to chance, costs incurred seems reasonable imo.
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You’re mistaken on two counts. One, Jamie said on the radio that night that right after our game was canceled, that Akron called him and said that they couldn’t find hotel rooms that night.
(Perhaps that would be “acceptable housing”, but that’s not what Jamie said).
Immediately following, in reference to that, Jamie said that the thought of hotel rooms hadn’t even occurred to them in the “brief” discussion with SDSU officials, before they decided to cancel.
Anyway, with a million dollars or so at stake, I suspect that lawyers will get closely involved—on both sides of the equation.
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Akron had one opportunity to schedule a game on that date. They agreed to forgo all others and enter into a contract with Nebraska for that date. They fulfilled their part of the bargain and did not have an opportunity to make hay anywhere else that night. Nebraska should man up and do their part.
Knowing what ISU’s dorm situation has been like for ages, I kinda doubt that Nebraska could find dorm space for ten people, let alone a hundred—especially on short notice.
Maybe they offered cots on the floor of the basketball stadium? Sleeping bags?
Where would they have 100 extra furnished rooms? Is enrollment that low for them, or were they taking volunteers for students that left town over the weekend?
Yeah, they would spend half of the night getting players, coaches and staff situated and even more time to feed them and then expect them to play a game with a 10:30 kick off the next morning. Meanwhile the Fusker players get a full night sleep in their own beds. Sounds like a heck of a deal.
Not just furnished, but recently cleaned...and bedding? Where would they come up with bedding for a hundred? Maybe things have changed, but I had to bring my own pillow, blankets and sheets when I moved into the dorms.
Of course dinosaurs still roamed Elwood Drive then, but who knows?
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Neb cancelled the game, end of story. They owe the money. It is just a BS move by dirt bag lawyers to create leverage to negotiate a settlement.
