(02-01-2022 08:15 AM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(01-31-2022 10:19 PM)NRGHerd Wrote:  

(01-31-2022 09:01 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(01-31-2022 06:47 PM)NRGHerd Wrote:  If CUSA didn’t exhaust all its legal options then their bylaws wouldn’t be worth the paper they’re written on.

They never seemed bothered by that prospect before now.

I know people keep saying that CUSA schools have previously left before satisfying the required notice and without any penalty, but I haven’t really found any evidence of that. Admittedly, I haven’t researched it much.

Why even have a notice in your bylaws if you don’t intend to enforce it?

Why state in the bylaws that you’re an all-sports conference that sponsors football and then allow a member to drop football for 2 years without penalty?

I don’t know off the top of my head any schools that previously left early, but the 6 schools who left to form the AAC paid $6.15 million in exit fees combined upon their departures when per the by-laws, Memphis’ share alone should’ve been $6.63 million.

Now only after they’ve driven the conference off a cliff do they want to start playing hardball and enforcing rules.

I have no problem compensating the 5 remaining members in some fashion for leaving 6 months early, but it should be comparable to the deals other schools have gotten in the past adjusted for the amount of money currently flowing through the conference vs. then. At this point for us it should be, “Here’s about tree fiddy. Peace out.”

I get what you’re saying but those negotiations took time and concessions from all parties involved, I’m sure. As a fan, I want this done yesterday so I can get on with planning which away games to attend but it looks like it’s going to take as long as it takes.