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Ted Thompson
9/11/2018 11:51 AM
Have heard Vanderbilt is a possibility.
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C Money
9/11/2018 11:55 AM
WishIWasAtLuckys wrote:expand_more
Here is the relevant contract clause:
https://twitter.com/Pete_Nakos96/status/1039515040578121728

This is pretty clearly a situation within the exemption, as either an act of God or natural disaster.


So it either gets moved or we lose an extra $650,000 of revenue, on top of the declines in season ticket sales.


How bad does UVa want a shot at bowl eligibility?
From what I read, does the decision need to be mutually agreed to?
No, if the parties mutually agree to cancel, then the contract is null and void--it's as though it never existed. But if we have an act of God or natural disaster, then there's still a contract, but a team's failure to show is excused and there is no liability as a result.
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GoCats105
9/11/2018 12:03 PM
Ted Thompson wrote:expand_more
Have heard Vanderbilt is a possibility.
Like they would play the game at Vandy? Interesting.
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GoCats105
9/11/2018 12:04 PM
C Money wrote:expand_more
Here is the relevant contract clause:
https://twitter.com/Pete_Nakos96/status/1039515040578121728

This is pretty clearly a situation within the exemption, as either an act of God or natural disaster.


So it either gets moved or we lose an extra $650,000 of revenue, on top of the declines in season ticket sales.


How bad does UVa want a shot at bowl eligibility?
How bad does Ohio want a shot at a NY6 game?
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Ted Thompson
9/11/2018 12:04 PM
GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
Have heard Vanderbilt is a possibility.
Like they would play the game at Vandy? Interesting.
Yes. Vandy is at Notre Dame this weekend.
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rpbobcat
9/11/2018 12:11 PM
Trying to move the game to any other location at this late a date presents a number of logistical issues.

One of the biggest is travel arrangements,for both teams.

Even if you move to a location outside the direct path of the storm,its effects are going to cause all kinds of havoc with flights,charter or commercial.

You also need to figure out how you're going to get everything and everyone from Va. to the new location.

Assuming they can get their flight out,O.U.has to be able to get their people and equipment to the alternate location too.

If the above can be worked out,you have to address "comparable" seating and refunds for Va. fans who can't make the trip to an alternate location.

That's for moving the game "close" to Va.
Trying to move to Athens is as bad,including could Va. even be able to fly out there.
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Kevin Finnegan
9/11/2018 12:20 PM
There's precedent for moving a game for a hurricane. I went to the LSU vs. Arizona State game in 2005 that was relocated as a result of Hurricane Katrina. It was supposed to be at LSU, then was moved to Tempe. Now, if I'm not mistaken, this was a home/home series that just got flipped as a result. We are not in such a situation.
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Deciduous Forest Cat
9/11/2018 12:38 PM
rpbobcat wrote:expand_more
Trying to move the game to any other location at this late a date presents a number of logistical issues.

One of the biggest is travel arrangements,for both teams.

Even if you move to a location outside the direct path of the storm,its effects are going to cause all kinds of havoc with flights,charter or commercial.

You also need to figure out how you're going to get everything and everyone from Va. to the new location.

Assuming they can get their flight out,O.U.has to be able to get their people and equipment to the alternate location too.
They can use Google Maps.
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GoCats105
9/11/2018 12:40 PM
Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more
Trying to move the game to any other location at this late a date presents a number of logistical issues.

One of the biggest is travel arrangements,for both teams.

Even if you move to a location outside the direct path of the storm,its effects are going to cause all kinds of havoc with flights,charter or commercial.

You also need to figure out how you're going to get everything and everyone from Va. to the new location.

Assuming they can get their flight out,O.U.has to be able to get their people and equipment to the alternate location too.
They can use Google Maps.
Is MapQuest still a thing?
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rpbobcat
9/11/2018 12:42 PM
Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more
Trying to move the game to any other location at this late a date presents a number of logistical issues.

One of the biggest is travel arrangements,for both teams.

Even if you move to a location outside the direct path of the storm,its effects are going to cause all kinds of havoc with flights,charter or commercial.

You also need to figure out how you're going to get everything and everyone from Va. to the new location.

Assuming they can get their flight out,O.U.has to be able to get their people and equipment to the alternate location too.
They can use Google Maps.

Google maps tells you "where".

It doesn't tell you "how".
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WishIWasAtLuckys
9/11/2018 12:47 PM
rpbobcat wrote:expand_more
Trying to move the game to any other location at this late a date presents a number of logistical issues.

One of the biggest is travel arrangements,for both teams.

Even if you move to a location outside the direct path of the storm,its effects are going to cause all kinds of havoc with flights,charter or commercial.

You also need to figure out how you're going to get everything and everyone from Va. to the new location.

Assuming they can get their flight out,O.U.has to be able to get their people and equipment to the alternate location too.
They can use Google Maps.

Google maps tells you "where".

It doesn't tell you "how".
If two of America's oldest institutions of higher learning cannot figure out how to move a mediocre MAC-Bottom Tier ACC game with 5 days notice to another fully operational facility then I fear for the future of our republic.
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L.C.
9/11/2018 12:56 PM
It is possible that a number of teams will only have 11 games this year. Teams that are 5-6 may be very eager to schedule an extra game for December 1. Teams that could use an extra payday be be eager to play as well. Note that they do not have to play the same team they were originally scheduled to play, either. For example, you could see Akron at UVA on December 1.
Last Edited: 9/11/2018 12:57:51 PM by L.C.
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clay11Ohio
9/11/2018 12:59 PM
For the win.
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Pataskala
9/11/2018 1:03 PM
L.C. wrote:expand_more
It is possible that a number of teams will only have 11 games this year. Teams that are 5-6 may be very eager to schedule an extra game for December 1. Teams that could use an extra payday be be eager to play as well. Note that they do not have to play the same team they were originally scheduled to play, either. For example, you could see Akron at UVA on December 1.
So long as we don't have that option because we're playing in Detroit that weekend.
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Bobcat Grad 86
9/11/2018 1:03 PM
There is a thread on the.sabre about Vandy as a possibility.

https://virginia.sportswar.com/mid/10590721/board/football /
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Pataskala
9/11/2018 1:16 PM
The latest prediction from the NHS has Flo slowing down after landfall and veering farther west and south than before. The previous forecast had the center as a tropical depression on the VA-NC border almost due south of Charlottesville at 2 pm Saturday. The latest has it as a tropical storm southeast of Raleigh at 8 a.m. Saturday and a tropical depression southwest of Raleigh at 8 a.m. Sunday. It can still funnel a lot of rain up that way but maybe not as intense.
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Bobcat Grad 86
9/11/2018 1:24 PM
I have purchased every imaginable storm prep item in Richmond as Insurance to lesson the impact. Have connected tubing off the downspouts from our large ranch house that dump out next to a really old and big oak tree so I can run water to the back of the property and out to the front street.

I remember we got power back about the tenth day after Isabelle and our friend Ed who was still without powwer was dropping his daughter off at our place since they were still out of power. My wife told Ed they were welcome to come over if they needed to shower. He pulled out his packed travel pack. We told the story to his wife and she said I knew there was an ulterior motive when he suggested dropping their daughter off.
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WishIWasAtLuckys
9/11/2018 1:32 PM
Whoah boy. Real media picking this thing up.

https://www.richmond.com/sports/college/schools/universit...
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Buckeye to Bobcat
9/11/2018 1:32 PM
Just got word that NC State and North Carolina have both cancelled their games for this Saturday FYI.
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Ted Thompson
9/11/2018 1:45 PM

The Post is reporting that the UVA ticket office has confirmed move to Vanderbilt: https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2018/09/football-ohio-virginia-nashville-hurricane-florence

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Robert Fox
9/11/2018 1:46 PM
WishIWasAtLuckys wrote:expand_more
Whoah boy. Real media picking this thing up.

https://www.richmond.com/sports/college/schools/universit...
Not following why this wouldn't move to Athens instead? Is it due to seating capacity? It can't be due to distance. According to the article, Nashville is 550 miles from Charlottesville, while Athens is only 335 miles.
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mf279801
9/11/2018 1:49 PM
Robert Fox wrote:expand_more
Whoah boy. Real media picking this thing up.

https://www.richmond.com/sports/college/schools/universit...
Not following why this wouldn't move to Athens instead? Is it due to seating capacity? It can't be due to distance. According to the article, Nashville is 550 miles from Charlottesville, while Athens is only 335 miles.
Probably because UVA doesn't want to play this as a true road game
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Only one OHIO
9/11/2018 1:52 PM
UNC and NC St games called off:

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24644315/...
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WishIWasAtLuckys
9/11/2018 2:02 PM
Having it in Athens would make it best case scenario for a small group of impacted people: Ohio University fans. So they still pay us $600,000 k to play us at our place where their gate will never equal out. I would not want that if I were them.
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WishIWasAtLuckys
9/11/2018 2:30 PM
Ohio FB: Bobcats, Cavaliers head inland to dodge Florence. OU-UVA to be played Saturday at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville https://t.co/4BKlauzJVb&mdash ; Jason Arkley (@JasonAmessenger) September 11, 2018


See ya in Nashville.
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