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I have been saying this.
Typical gutless SEC money grab. They are too chicken to come play here and instead buy their way out.
If you were in charge there, wouldn't you do the same? Why risk coming and losing to TECH? That said, I agree, they are scared.Originally Posted by KSDAWG
We should decline the offer if they want to buy out the game.
It's good business. Now, we'll find out if our negotiators did their part.
If you've got a contract with a stated buyout, I don't think we could decline the offer.
Does anyone know what the stated buyout is?
Its bad business on our part. It is another example of how bad our ADs have been over the years. Instead of actually getting P5 home games, we schedule them half a decade in advance and let them get bought out just before it is to be played. We have had 1 single P5 opponent in Ruston from what I can recollect. This is a horrible trend and its embarrasing. UTSA is a 3 year old program and they regularly play P5 teams at home.
Yep! we're their lone road OOC in 2016. That's the one OOC game they will want to change. They might do something with the USA and/or Tulane games as well. But, for sure, they will want to rid themselves of an OOC roadie. Top priority.
Maybe, maybe not. Some might say that hiring all those high profile coaches at Arkansas State was bad business cause they get hired away each year. I bet if you ask the athletics accountant, they'd say that business has never been better.
Time is your friend. Impulse is your enemy. -John Bogle
State's home schedule in 2016 lacks its big 3 rivals (Ole Miss, lsu and Bama.) I think it is a good chance they play their P5 opponent at home in 2016 and leave the Tech game alone.
We have never sold out our own stadium......enough said. We are also not in the business of training coaches for others, thats what minor league teams do. Playing P5 programs at home will help us a lot more than the short sighted financial gain we would recieve from a buy out. I'm still fuming about us letting the BYU and Houston games get away from us.
Obviously we want to play the game, but there are some things beyond our control. We can control the contracts we sign. P5's will always buy-out games...we just need to make sure they pay dearly when they do.
As for training coaches, check out 1999-2006 and you tell me which path is better.
Correct. And it's not like we haven't done the same thing in the past. In fact, I believe the last game we bought out was our game at Mississippi State in 2012. We got a better deal from Virginia and bought out the trip to Starkville.
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