(06-29-2022 06:34 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(06-24-2022 06:46 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(06-23-2022 07:27 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  If this suit gets messy and EKU comes out looking bad-- it could slow C-USA's consideration of them for membership IMHO. Probably not-- these adds are "business". They should pay their 1 mil. and get this over with before it blows up in their face.

Jax State hasn't paid their million, yet CUSA is letting them in. Also, CUSA is cool with UAB not having to pay their exit fees I assume.

Conference USA structures their exit fees in the form of withheld distributions. UAB doesn't have to cut a check to the conference--the conference just doesn't send UAB a check in June 2022 or 23 and they're square.

That was part of CUSA's problem with Marshall, USM and ODU leaving a year early--if you're not in the conference, there are no distributions to withhold, so you've given yourself a 50% discount on the exit fee. As predicted, the settlement was for about the amount that CUSA schools were getting per year in conference distributions.

EDIT: YEah, 5 or 6 other people already said this.

Yes. The SBC3 tried to skip town without paying the full bill. It didn't work. Turns out distributions are easier to enforce than exit fees IMHO. Now EKU is trying the same thing.