(11-04-2020 12:53 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  UVA already has the appetite for scheduling JMU in hoops. This isn’t a football issue where they are lowballing us with guarantee money because they don’t really want to play JMU.

P5 teams may have to reduce their guarantee pay due to COVID, but they still get huge chunks of money from TV games, the ACC network, the NCAA hoops dispersement etc. unlike JMU that has no revenue from those sources. Yes they lose gate receipts, but will have plenty of money to bring teams to the JPJ.

No excuse making. Just get it done.

You can hold out and balk at UVA not paying $100k per game, or you can accept the reduced payment In a COVID year and get a great game with no travel expense. Just find the right number and play the game In front of 1000 people. This particular game in a COVID pandemic is not about the money for once.
Play it here, play it there, play it anywhere says Dr Seuss. Just play the game that was already on the schedule and much anticipated.

So you assume it's a JMU issue; that Jeff B isn't/can't/won't negotiate with UVA.

Have you considered that the defending national champion UVA basketball team has NO interest in scheduling #300+ JMU? There are literally 300 teams ahead of JMU that UVA would rather play. In football UVA won't play JMU because they could lose. In basketball UVA has no interest in playing JMU because we're so bad.