App at McNeese in 2014

[moonshine]

Personally I'd like to see App play the game but would completely understand if Cobb buys it out. We could always use the Chapel-Hill excuse of wanting to open recruiting grounds for our program.

UTSA did play at GaSt last year during transition while the Panthers were still playing a full CAA slate.

[Kgfish]

I say we go if they want us to. Lake Charles is a lot of fun. We're ineligible for bowl games so it's not like we need to protect our strength of schedule.

I agree. I'm also all about upholding our end of the bargain and not setting a precedent that we'll just buy ourselves out of an agreement we made.

But if you listen closely Benson said our declaring prior to 6-1 increases the Sun Belt's SOS and revenue streams. I'm betting we don't make the trip.

[wb247]

Backing out would be incredibly hypocritical

[TheMoody1]

Backing out would be incredibly hypocritical

How so?

[appvette]

Backing out would be incredibly hypocritical

I think people saying stuff like this are afraid fans of other schools on message boards will criticize us. That's not a reason to lower our SOS and play a game that will cost us money.

There are a few schools that have developed a reputation for buying out games which might lead to other schools being hesitant to negotiating subsequent games. That's not the case here.

[huskie3]

keep the game as scheduled and move it to Boone! pay them $250,000 to come up. everyone is happy except the apps wanting to tailgate at McNeese.

[AppinVA]

keep the game as scheduled and move it to Boone! pay them $250,000 to come up. everyone is happy except the apps wanting to tailgate at McNeese.

If I were McNeese, I'd take the $250K, and schedule a home game against another team. Perhaps, we can transfer the contract (it's a home and home) to Wofford or Furman.

[Yosef84]

keep the game as scheduled and move it to Boone! pay them $250,000 to come up. everyone is happy except the apps wanting to tailgate at McNeese.

That would be a $250K buy out that they could get for NOT playing a game at all, PLUS another $250K. So, instead of netting a tidy profit, we pay out $500K? I don't think so. The bottom line is that we aren't just arbitrarily making this decision. The situation changed significantly and this game no longer makes financial sense.

[wb247]

Backing out would be incredibly hypocritical

How so?

When I think back on all of the discussions about us not being able to get good OOC home games and never with a team from FBS, I can't help but think that we are in a position to put our money where our mouth is. As we know all too well, for every FCS team that gets a great home game, there's another team with an undesirable away game. That is, unless we think scheduling is only a one-way street where everyone else is expected to bend to our will. This isn't a case of actively seeking an away game at an FCS school and I'm certainly not suggesting that we make it a future practice. In this case, it's already contracted. I'd like to see us honor our commitment.

[appst89]

Backing out would be incredibly hypocritical

How so?

When I think back on all of the discussions about us not being able to get good OOC home games and never with a team from FBS, I can't help but think that we are in a position to put our money where our mouth is. As we know all too well, for every FCS team that gets a great home game, there's another team with an undesirable away game. That is, unless we think scheduling is only a one-way street where everyone else is expected to bend to our will. This isn't a case of actively seeking an away game at an FCS school and I'm certainly not suggesting that we make it a future practice. In this case, it's already contracted. I'd like to see us honor our commitment.

Understand the sentiment completely, but I don't think the Sun Belt will allow it.

[ASUMountaineer]

Backing out would be incredibly hypocritical

How so?

When I think back on all of the discussions about us not being able to get good OOC home games and never with a team from FBS, I can't help but think that we are in a position to put our money where our mouth is. As we know all too well, for every FCS team that gets a great home game, there's another team with an undesirable away game. That is, unless we think scheduling is only a one-way street where everyone else is expected to bend to our will. This isn't a case of actively seeking an away game at an FCS school and I'm certainly not suggesting that we make it a future practice. In this case, it's already contracted. I'd like to see us honor our commitment.

The contract (commitment) is to play the game, or to pay McNeese State $250,000. If we pay them $250,000 to not play the game, then that is honoring the commitment. Seems fairly straightforward to me.