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(07-10-2020 07:26 AM)monarx Wrote:  It ridiculous that UVA cant drive three hours down the road but can fly to Florida etc. This may be the final nail in the coffin before the P5 split off. It’s like a trial run they get to blame on the virus.

And apparently the Big 10 at least, isn't paying buyouts for the road games they don't play. If the ACC follows suit, ODU could lose the ticket revenue from 40,000 people, and our two best home games. That just seems wrong. If the whole season is canceled, I can understand not paying, but if a team picks and chooses which games it wants to play, its no longer about the virus and health, but about conference perception and money. The ACC should either cancel their entire season, or pay the buy out fees if they don't want to play OOC games, but do want to play conference games. I would think a lawsuit could be in order if they pick and choose.

I guess it would depend on the language in the contracts as to whether schools could choose to not payout on cancellations. Ideally everything would roll back a year, presuming that everyone in FBS cancels non-con or all football games this year, but again, not sure how well that works with contract language. It's definitely a tricky and unprecedented path we're on.