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Look Here NO ONE is leaving the Big Ten.. way too much money in it for each school. The only thing that is happening is forcing ND to join in on ACC as a full member or be left out again.
 
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rustywalkedaway said:
For the morons that continue to discuss anyone leaving the Big 10, you do realize the contactual responsibilities each school has, right? Those include the forfeiture of media rights revenues going forward in they leave. In other words, they would not only lose their income from the current Big 10 media package, but they would lose media revenues for the remainder of that contact.

So Ohio State can leave, and breach that contract, but if they left, they breached the contract. That also triggers previously agreed upon liquidates damages, meaning what many think of as the "buy out", in addition to those future lost revenues. So OSU CAN go, but it will cost them. Nebraska CAN go, but they can't afford that.
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But aren't the conferences breaching the contract by not playing football? That goes both ways.
 
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If either team left the Big 10, it would be permanent. The commissioner is not going to allow any team back into the conference if they chose to leave.

If any team choses to leave, they'd be giving up all their tv revenue because the conference would own their tv rights for the duration of the Big 10 contract even though they would no longer be in the Big 10.

So, this is just an empty threat that looks good to the fanbase, but is going nowhere.
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Can college football teams actually switch conferences to play in 2020 with their leagues shut down?

It will not be as easy as 'wanting to play' for college football teams to find new, temporary homes
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rustywalkedaway said:
For the morons that continue to discuss anyone leaving the Big 10, you do realize the contactual responsibilities each school has, right? Those include the forfeiture of media rights revenues going forward in they leave. In other words, they would not only lose their income from the current Big 10 media package, but they would lose media revenues for the remainder of that contact.

So Ohio State can leave, and breach that contract, but if they left, they breached the contract. That also triggers previously agreed upon liquidates damages, meaning what many think of as the "buy out", in addition to those future lost revenues. So OSU CAN go, but it will cost them. Nebraska CAN go, but they can't afford that.
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maybe some of the lawyers on here can answer this.... if said members leave and are sued for breach of contract, could the Big 10 be sued for failure to provide said members with the opportunity to fulfill said contract?
 
duke4heisman said:
But aren't the conferences breaching the contract by not playing football? That goes both ways.
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Not exactly. The contractual relationship I refer to is between the school and the conference. Then there is a separate contract between the conference and, probably, the "media" (say ESPN or something like that). There are multiple contracts in that regard, that is why the Big 10 has multiple "media" deals, as examples they have deals with ESPN and networks like CBS. See the quote in a post above as it is dead on:

"If any team choses to leave, they'd be giving up all their tv revenue because the conference would own their tv rights for the duration of the Big 10 contract even though they would no longer be in the Big 10."

I understood the original issue to be OSU "leaving" the Big 10. If that was the case, they won't and Nebraska can't as they lack the cash.

EDIT: I also need to apologize. You asked if the conference's refusal to play constitutes breach. The simple answer is yes. But, if you want to make this much more complicated, that breach may be discharged due to "act of God" or "force mature" types of arguments.
 
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rustywalkedaway said:
For the morons that continue to discuss anyone leaving the Big 10, you do realize the contactual responsibilities each school has, right? Those include the forfeiture of media rights revenues going forward in they leave. In other words, they would not only lose their income from the current Big 10 media package, but they would lose media revenues for the remainder of that contact.

So Ohio State can leave, and breach that contract, but if they left, they breached the contract. That also triggers previously agreed upon liquidates damages, meaning what many think of as the "buy out", in addition to those future lost revenues. So OSU CAN go, but it will cost them. Nebraska CAN go, but they can't afford that.
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Without seeing the contract, it is impossible to know for certain. I imagine the conference as well as the schools have responsibilities under the agreement, which could potentially come into play. For instance, if cancelling a season provides a termination option for any of the parties, that could be relevant. Also, if there are requirements/procedures for cancelling a season that were not followed to the letter of the contract, that may itself qualify as a breach of contract, thus allowing the schools to walk without penalty.

Also, drafting a liquidated damages provision isn't overly challenging, but actually enforcing one can be. There needs to be a logically defensible basis between the liquidated damages sought and the damages flowing from the contract. Otherwise, it won't be enforced. Which, again, will depend on that actual contract language.
 
Warren is a pretty bright, and well accomplished guy.

This whole fiasco is just off on so many levels. If it is indeed true that no formal vote was taken or that it was splitting hairs as to cancel this season, my man’s abilities needs to be thoroughly scrutinized. I know he’s made history and what not, but we’re talking about going with your own agenda v. doing what the colleges & it’s athletes want, and worst yet, LYING about it. Like, how can they ever trust you again in any working or decision making environment?

I’m hoping reports are grossly exaggerated, and schools are now feeling buyers remorse b/c they overreacted and didn’t realize the backlash they would receive. But if not; duuuuuuuuude.....don’t know how other commissioners are going to feel about Mr. Warren.
 
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