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No matter what happens, if those schools are SBC or CUSA next season, the ultimate loser is CUSA. After this season, the SBC could just decide not to schedule the CUSA5, ever. And any chance those schools had to ever move to/back to the SBC is probably gone. The AAC6 and incoming 4 have nothing to do with this since none of you have voting power.

Understood, but if this is the case, I’m much more likely to not buy season tickets. I do not have unlimited money to spend on something that could be avoided by reworking a conference schedule, so I will buy single game tickets to the four games and call it a day. By nature of them suing for damages and fan “anger” as you say, it would likely mean no prorated season tickets either. We already got shafted one home game and hosted five in 2021 and only had four in 2020. Seems like we’d want to maybeeeeee have our 6 home games for once. Or maybe we will have to wait out a third season of missing home games to prove a point. Current iteration AAC seems to handle 11 teams just fine. Don’t know why we can’t make it work for one season and then shut the door on this nightmare chapter in CUSA

Edit: the post I replied to was deleted I guess before I finished replying. Oh well

(02-17-2022 04:02 PM)Engblazr Wrote:  Understood, but if this is the case, I’m much more likely to not buy season tickets. I do not have unlimited money to spend on something that could be avoided by reworking a conference schedule, so I will buy single game tickets to the four games and call it a day. By nature of them suing for damages and fan “anger” as you say, it would likely mean no prorated season tickets either. We already got shafted one home game and hosted five in 2021 and only had four in 2020. Seems like we’d want to maybeeeeee have our 6 home games for once. Or maybe we will have to wait out a third season of missing home games to prove a point. Current iteration AAC seems to handle 11 teams just fine. Don’t know why we can’t make it work for one season and then shut the door on this nightmare chapter in CUSA

Edit: the post I replied to was deleted I guess before I finished replying. Oh well

You aren’t going to miss out on any games. You will still have four conference home games (plus Alabama A&M and Georgia Southern) after the schedule is reworked for eleven schools.

(02-17-2022 04:54 PM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  

(02-17-2022 04:02 PM)Engblazr Wrote:  Understood, but if this is the case, I’m much more likely to not buy season tickets. I do not have unlimited money to spend on something that could be avoided by reworking a conference schedule, so I will buy single game tickets to the four games and call it a day. By nature of them suing for damages and fan “anger” as you say, it would likely mean no prorated season tickets either. We already got shafted one home game and hosted five in 2021 and only had four in 2020. Seems like we’d want to maybeeeeee have our 6 home games for once. Or maybe we will have to wait out a third season of missing home games to prove a point. Current iteration AAC seems to handle 11 teams just fine. Don’t know why we can’t make it work for one season and then shut the door on this nightmare chapter in CUSA

Edit: the post I replied to was deleted I guess before I finished replying. Oh well

You aren’t going to miss out on any games. You will still have four conference home games (plus Alabama A&M and Georgia Southern) after the schedule is reworked for eleven schools.

Was in response to someone saying they had knowledge that the athletic department stance was to remain with USM and Marshall as scheduled and sue separately due to losses revenue and fan/booster anger. We’re going to remain that way out “on principle.”

(02-17-2022 04:02 PM)Engblazr Wrote:  Understood, but if this is the case, I’m much more likely to not buy season tickets. I do not have unlimited money to spend on something that could be avoided by reworking a conference schedule, so I will buy single game tickets to the four games and call it a day. By nature of them suing for damages and fan “anger” as you say, it would likely mean no prorated season tickets either. We already got shafted one home game and hosted five in 2021 and only had four in 2020. Seems like we’d want to maybeeeeee have our 6 home games for once. Or maybe we will have to wait out a third season of missing home games to prove a point. Current iteration AAC seems to handle 11 teams just fine. Don’t know why we can’t make it work for one season and then shut the door on this nightmare chapter in CUSA

Edit: the post I replied to was deleted I guess before I finished replying. Oh well

Yeah sorry about that. I deleted it because I didn't hear it first hand, but through the grapevine.

That said, I believe this will be worked out before fall in some form or fashion and the possibility of not having a game or two is really small. The supposed UAB stance is likely from the very fact that UAB is not a party to any of this by the fact we are eventually leaving as well, but could still be harmed by the fallout.

(02-17-2022 05:52 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(02-17-2022 04:02 PM)Engblazr Wrote:  Understood, but if this is the case, I’m much more likely to not buy season tickets. I do not have unlimited money to spend on something that could be avoided by reworking a conference schedule, so I will buy single game tickets to the four games and call it a day. By nature of them suing for damages and fan “anger” as you say, it would likely mean no prorated season tickets either. We already got shafted one home game and hosted five in 2021 and only had four in 2020. Seems like we’d want to maybeeeeee have our 6 home games for once. Or maybe we will have to wait out a third season of missing home games to prove a point. Current iteration AAC seems to handle 11 teams just fine. Don’t know why we can’t make it work for one season and then shut the door on this nightmare chapter in CUSA

Edit: the post I replied to was deleted I guess before I finished replying. Oh well

Yeah sorry about that. I deleted it because I didn't hear it first hand, but through the grapevine.

That said, I believe this will be worked out before fall in some form or fashion and the possibility of not having a game or two is really small. The supposed UAB stance is likely from the very fact that UAB is not a party to any of this by the fact we are eventually leaving as well, but could still be harmed by the fallout.

CUSA will cave. There is no way this bodes well for the conference or it’s future hopes. Hell, TV contract negotiations are coming soon and this tomfoolery, along with losing your marquee programs, could mean CUSA.TV for everyone

CUSA has zero motivation to cave. The SB3 are contractually members of conference USA until their their 14 month notice of withdrawal has run out. They have contractually agreed to play all conference games in the conference schedule as set by CUSA. Simply declaring "This contract doesnt apply to me anymore and i'm ignoring it!" only means they are admitting to willful infringement of the contract, but the contract still exists, all of the stipulations in that contract still exist. If Marshall or Southern Miss just dont show to a contractually agreed upon game, they are going to get their ass reamed out in federal court and owe treble damages for willful infringement of that contract.

For the same reason, if UAB cant just replace the game on the schedule. CUSA sets our conference schedule and we are contractually obligated to play those games. If a team doesnt show up for one of our games, The University of Alabama Board of Trustees will sue the university that was in breach of contract and request for triple the amount of damages caused by the cancelation of that game. The lawyers have all summer to come up with every conceivable financial hardship caused by such a breach of contract in order to make that as expensive as possible.


The Sunbelt is going to have to release its conference schedule in the next couple of weeks, and there is no way they are going to want to expose themselves to the financial risk doing so would entail when they can just wait one more season and get the three teams with zero risk. A year of Southern Miss ODU and Marshall jsut isnt worth the risk. I'm not saying that to besmirch those teams, The AAC wouldnt take the risk for UAB either.

You are definitely right about at least one part of that … UA lawyers will definitely not be afraid to sue some folks.

Best I can tell, and all I have is message board rumors, is the SBC3 tried to discuss this with CUSA officials, but CUSA officials ghosted the SBC3. Can’t negotiate when one side won’t return your phone call. Although that is a tactic as well. CUSA has no interest in letting them go, so why sit at the table and get baited into giving the SBC3 an out. Just mail them a copy of the contract every other day.

Ultimately, it’s bad business by CUSA and the SBC3, CUSA will get the worse side of it even after it’s done I believe. The CUSA5 need to look at the bigger picture and ever expect to rescued from what CUSA is becoming, you’d think they would want to play nice with the SBC. There will be more movement, at some point the AAC will backfill with SBC teams and the SBC will be in the market again for teams.