(02-20-2017 09:48 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(02-20-2017 09:28 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(02-20-2017 09:03 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(02-20-2017 08:29 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Could LU replace a FCS team scheduled to play a FBS team, if LU made a payment to the FCS team greater than the FBS guarantee, and the FBS team agreed to the LU replacement?

Yea, that could happen, but you'd be playing AT another team in that case. Remember that (with one exception) FBS teams do not ever schedule games at FCS teams.

Of course the FBS team would have to agree to that.

Seriously, LU is planning on PAYING to play AWAY games????

Okay.

Maybe I don't understand your question.

Yes, it was a confusing question and I was distracted when writing it. Let me re-state using an example. On 8/31/2019 Gardnew Webb plays Charlotte. Could GW be paid by LU to terminate their contract and take their place vs. Charlotte, with of course Charlotte agreeing? It would be a road game for LU but a FBS game.

Sure, they could, and Charlotte would have to agree to it. But seriously, if you guys want LU to be seen as a 'real FBS team' paying to play Charlotte on the road is going to raise more than a few eyebrows.

But what's in it for Charlotte? They already have a game scheduled, with an easy win program, that will count towards bowl eligibility. Why switch it to LU? What's in it for them?

Charlotte was used after a quick search of nearby schools with a FCS game. For Charlotte or any FBS school to agree, obviously it would have to advantageous (financial) to them. As aggressive and overt as LU has been in acquiring FBS, one can bet they will be equally, if not greater if their quest, thinking outside the box to meet the game scheduing requirements.