Does anyone know the current statuts of the Arky State vs. The U litigation?

[TheOriginalCane]

Well, the problem with the dates that Miami offered was that it would be ten years after the initial game in Miami, and our AD said that's now how home and home deals work. Ten years is too far out. Plus, there is the thought that Miami could cancel the game then and pay the $650k, which when counting inflation over that time would work out to be much less than what was stipulated. The problem wasn't Miami cancelling the game, most everyone understood why it was done. The issue was the dates the Miami AD offered. That became the big problem. Incidentally, just to clarify..someone stated that the case could be moved to federal court in an earlier post. The ASU suit was filed in Federal court in Craighead County.

Here is where the cvnty complaints of the ASU AD need to be exposed. UM never offered ASU an INITIAL home-and-home with the dates separated by 10 years. WE REALIZE "that's not how home-and-home deals work". But that is NOT what is happening here. Stop lying about "ten years is too far out". Speak the truth. We realize that the ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED games were for 2014 and 2017. It is not our fault that the SECOND game fell victim to a hurricane. Even if the second game was rescheduled for 2019, that is FIVE years apart, and "that is not how home-and-home deals work" either.

As for your ongoing whining over "inflation", go fvck yourselves. Seriously. If you wanted an "inflation index" clause in the contract, you could have requested one. It's not our job to turn back time and fix all of the things your AD failed to do in the original contract.

The same thing goes for the "dates offered". Your crappy AD had every opportunity to plan for these contingencies, but failed to do so. It's not so complicated to figure out that, between a Power Five program and Arkansas State, one school's dance card might fill up more quickly, or be subject to far greater constraints and requirements (i.e., needing to maintain Strength of Schedule to help in the Final Four rankings). If you don't like the dates offered, that is YOUR problem, Arkansas State had every chance to provide more specific terms to the contract, and utterly failed to do so.

Quite seriously...why are the Arkansas State fans continuing to complain about a future make-up date and "inflation"? Those aren't our problems. Those issues were foreseeable, and the ASU AD failed to foresee and plan for those contingencies. Why is it up to Miami to address all of the things that YOUR AD failed to address?

And even if Miami wanted to do something nice for ASU, why would we ever to be motivated to do so, given how your AD and fanbase has slandered us? Over a HURRICANE.

I hope the mediation fails and the Dade County judge dismisses ASU's motion and finds in favor of UM, as he is already inclined to do.

.

 

[TpaBayFlyFisher]

I might add, if mediation does not produce a settlement, and since there are no facts in dispute, the Dade judge will be forced to either dismiss Miami's suit and allow litigation to continue in Federal court OR declare the contract unenforceable and ASt gets zero and has no recourse other than to appeal to a Florida District Court of Appeal seated in.....wait for it.....Dade County Florida.


No only is ASt football minor league, its Arkansas lawyers are too.......

 

[miamimarine]

Semper Canes!!!