(02-23-2012 11:12 AM)CMUprof Wrote:  

(02-23-2012 10:42 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(02-23-2012 10:36 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-23-2012 10:22 AM)CMUprof Wrote:  

(02-23-2012 08:29 AM)Rocket75 Wrote:  The reports I have read say Temple might have to pay $5 million to pull out immediately, That is a big hunk of change.

I believe that WVU's exit penalty should be the starting point. If they had stayed their contractually amount of time their buyout would have been $5 mil. Since they accelerated it the amount is now $20 mil, or 4x the amount in their agreement. I wouldn't be surprised if the MAC started there at least, who knows what they would actually get?

Temple and the BE are the ones over a barrel at this point. The BE needs this done yesterday to fill their FB schedules. This is my guess why they are negotiating with Temple. If Boise said yes to an early exit none of this would be happening.

Who will be first to put a "price" on Temple? How about 5M? What Temple is 'worth' to the MAC.

BTW, any chance the move and buyout will still fail?

I thin 4* the buyout is fair. All the schedules have to be redone, seasons tickets need to be reprinted (I think some are ready to go)...

And the Big East itself seems to think 4 times the buyout is worth it.

This is the big thing to me. The BE would be hypocritical to demand that from a departing member but turn around and say it is too much for Temple. The only hitch I see is that they are football only members for the MAC (which someone already pointed out).

4 x sounds fair.

WVU pays 4 x a greater base amount as they are all-sports and BE.

The Temple base amount (2.5M) reflects FB only and MAC.

I like these early exit penalties.