Big 10 Report: Conference Realignment

[Mr. Laz]

A source in St. Louis familiar with the situation told NewsCenter 16 Thursday afternoon that Missouri will leave the Big XII and soon join the Big 10. Other schools expected to follow the Tigers are Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers and Nebraska.

Many have speculated that such an expansion would include Notre Dame but ND athletic director Jack Swarbrick told me today that the Irish prefer to stay independent in football and in the Big East for other sports. Swarbrick said maintaining football Independence is such a part of what Notre Dame is.

He went on to say the Big East is a great partner for the University in other sports.

"We do have to monitor what is going on," Swarbrick said. "There will be significant shifts. "Hopefully we can navigate them by keeping our football independent and keeping our Big East affiliation because that is what we care about."

The move of Syracuse, Pitt and Rutgers to the Big Ten from the Big East could categorically change the landscape of the Big East itself. Thus, what Swarbrick is referring to when stating the University must continue to monitor what is going on.

The interview with Swarbrick was done before the late afternoon announcement.

http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/92447574.html

[Frazod]

Looks like vailpuss has finally abandoned his "good people of the midwest" charade.

A troll is a troll is a troll.

[sedated]

"The Big 12 will evenly distribute any revenue withdrawn from Colorado and Nebraska as part of the bylaws for leaving the conference."

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_...ithdrawal-fees

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Yep. The only chance I think they would have (again, not a lawyer) is to make an equity argument that this clause is so grossly unfair that it would lead to unjust enrichment.

As I understand it, "equity" is an unpredictable squirrelly area of the law that tries to address something that is blatantly unfair no matter what the contract may say. For example, if your cell phone contract had a termination penalty of 10 million dollars buried in the fine print, that would get thrown out because of equity. (the "damage" to the cell phone company is clearly nowhere close to 10 million dollars, and the fee is hilariously high)

However, this is the University of Nebraska we are talking about here. Not some little old lady suckered into a bad contract by an unethical salesman. They have access to some of the best legal advice in the country. Plus, the "damages" in the contract do not sound highly unreasonable to me that it would trigger an equity argument. Damages are uncertain, and forgoing a share of revenue for 1 or 2 years sounds like a reasonable remedy.

AlNorth- this isn't directed at you as if I'm saying you're wrong, I just quoted your reply since it continues on the topic of discussion re: NU paying or claiming they don't have to & it's unfair.


This isn’t about unjust enrichment or equity. How are you going to argue that when we aren’t talking about damages, which are speculative? This is a penalty that is spelled out in the by laws that all parties mutually agreed to. When you leave the conference and break the contract, the penalty is spelled out for both leaving and giving 1 years notice and 2 years notice.
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lace w:st="on">Neb.lace> is arguing that since other schools were talking with other conferences about joining that they shouldn’t be forced to pay and will argue they were forced to jump to the B10 for fear that the other schools were going to. The problem is that no other schools besides CU left, and the penalty is for leaving, not talking to other conferences about joining. On top of it, you have to have 9 schools vote in agreement to dissolve the Big12. KSU, KU, MU, Baylor, and ISU were never assured of landing anywhere and viewed by many as possibly being left behind even if the rest did go. All you need is 4 of those schools left behind and the B12 would have remained and those remaining schools would be able to recoup from the ones that left. lace w:st="on">Neblace> chose to jump to the Big 10 before anything else was sorted out, and the language spells out the penalty. It’s not unjust because they broke the contract, and the Big 12 can simply point to the revenue NU generated that was shared that is now lost year after year. Claiming that a new contract that would the B12 more money for the Big 12 doesn’t offset this because for 1 there is no new contract in place, and any new contract that does pay the Big 12 as a whole more would be based upon the a Big 12 that is without NU or CU, so they were no longer an incentive in bargaining between the TV networks and the Big 12 for the new contract.
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[Pants]

Originally Posted by billay

I love lamp.

FYP

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

This thread is partly about BCS happenings and partly about smack talk. The smack talk drives up the post count. You don't have people in the World Cup thread from rival nations talking shit on America.

Uh, ok. Got nothing to do with the popularity of football vs. soccer in the US huh?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by frazod

Looks like vailpuss has finally abandoned his "good people of the midwest" charade.

A troll is a troll is a troll.

What's up pig ****er?

[Sam Hall]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Yeah. Except for the whole, they didn't leave thing.

Why don't you go see what Mack Brown wants for lunch and then go get it for him. After that, you can check on Bevo and milk the cows.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

Why don't you go see what Mack Brown wants for lunch and then go get it for him. After that, you can check on Bevo and milk the cows.

That's cool, but what does it have to do with your school paying out 10 mil?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by vailpass

What's up pig ****er?

Nothing, pussy. How's Carlos?

And I don't feel like pissing all over Guru's driving thread, but I just thought I'd tell you that not having the sack to look other drivers in the eye isn't so much of a "discipline" as just being a ****ing chickenshit coward. I guess the discipline would come from not crying when your see your kids facepalming in the rear view mirror.

Carry on, manly-man.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by sedated

an iowa fan is bringing "Hicktown" smack?

One hicktown resident defending another eh? Maybe you want to give me some rep because I said you live in hicktown?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by frazod

Nothing, pussy. How's Carlos?

And I don't feel like pissing all over Guru's driving thread, but I just thought I'd tell you that not having the sack to look other drivers in the eye isn't so much of a "discipline" as just being a ****ing chickenshit coward. I guess the discipline would come from not crying when your see your kids facepalming in the rear view mirror.

Carry on, manly-man.

WTF does this mean? Has the cholesterol finally gotten to your brain?

[Pants]

Originally Posted by vailpass

WTF does this mean? Has the cholesterol finally gotten to your brain?

Pretty sure anyone with an IQ above 80 would gather rather easily that he's calling you a pussy for not having the balls to look someone in the eye after they just cut you off. Carry on with your reeruned tripe about hicktowns and swallowing sperm.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by vailpass

WTF does this mean? Has the cholesterol finally gotten to your brain?

Maybe you should install some bullet proof glass in your car. That way you won't be afraid to flip off the next elderly Hispanic lady who cuts you off in traffic.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Pretty sure anyone with an IQ above 80 would gather rather easily that he's calling you a pussy for not having the balls to look someone in the eye after they just cut you off. Carry on with your reeruned tripe about hicktowns and swallowing sperm.

Yeah you bring that hick attitude to the city where there is no license required to carry a gun, and where we have road-rage shootings all the time.
Lean out and talk shit to some vatos and see where that gets you. If Fatzod was really calling someone a pussy for knowing the rules of the road he is more desperate than I thought.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by vailpass

Yeah you bring that hick attitude to the city where there is no license required to carry a gun, and where we have road-rage shootings all the time.
Lean out and talk shit to some vatos and see where that gets you. If Fatzod was really calling someone a pussy for knowing the rules of the road he is more desperate than I thought.

What "big city" are you in?