(03-18-2010 09:43 PM)stebo Wrote:  

(03-18-2010 03:42 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(03-18-2010 01:47 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(03-16-2010 03:56 AM)SOT1977 Wrote:  Supposedly there is a no-buyout clause in this particular contract so Baylor WILL be in Monroe in 2013

I sure wouldn't put money on that happening. No offense.

None taken but everyone sure seems certain that Baylor will buy out the Monroe home game. Was everyone as enthusiastic when Kansas State signed on to play the Cajuns in Lafayette? or Mississippi State in Ruston? or Oklahoma State at Troy?

Hey SOT - we are 100% happy that ULM signed a home and home with Baylor. My wish is that ULM would have negotiated the home game on the front end of the contract because Big 12 schools that make more off of one game then the Belt schools do the entire season can easily buy out those games. They are desperate for Div I opponents at home due to the guarantees going up so schools like Baylor have found an easy way out - they schedule a 1-1, get the home game first, and pay the $200K for the buyout. It is what they would actually LIKE to pay for ULM to come to Waco but of course ULM probably wanted either a home and home OR a large payday. I hope the game happens in Monroe but would feel a lot better about that becoming a reality if the home game was simply played first.

BTW, I would make this exact same statement if the NT AD had signed a home and home with Baylor and put the home game as a return game. We have been burned way too many times to even list.

Understood. We'll see what happens and I hope it's to our benefit. This has already happened to us once when Kansas was supposed to come to Monroe in 2012 but they bought out of that game.