Why did Chris Jones hold out for the Chiefs on an existing contract and end up with a new deal?

Why did Anthony Davis force his way from New Orleans to the Lakers?

I can give you 50 examples of contracts not being worth the paper they are printed on. If you want to shill for Cromer and Gonzalez, do it on your own time. It's a below market deal and it should be ripped up and re-negotiated. In the name of fiduciary responsibility to Ohio - they should be held accountable.

The CFP Contract was $470 Million per year when the contract was signed. It is now $1.3 Billion per year. Schools like Ohio State, Nebraska, and Kentucky sat in a room and neutered Ohio while Julie Cromer sat by and applauded as they threw her tiny scraps.

Again, as far as I know the contracts are still in place with no re-negotiation. Ohio State has $280 Million in Athletic Department Revenue and Nebraska is paying Matt Rhule $74 Million.

A nation waits. Fiduciary Responsibility.

1:1 versus no return game.

LOL Who let their 11 year old use the computer?

I'm sure BTC knows more than I, but the Cincinnati return game was cancelled now that UC is in the B12. These contracts contain all sorts of conditions about what the requirements are if a game is cancelled due to all sorts of reasons and what the penalty is if someone opts out. Cincinnati opted out of the return game after we played the first game at their place. They opted out of a series with WKU at the same time. It was exposed that UC paid WKU 500K as the penalty and one site speculated that our fee was probably in the same ballpark. But I suspect that it was probably about 1.5M instead since we had already held up our end of playing a road game and WKU had not. I sure hope so.

What would be more interesting is to see the details of our last contract with Marshall. We had to cancel Marshall's return game in Athens because of COVID when Marshall was fielding a football team in September and we weren't. The return game got moved a few years down the road but we don't know if we had to pay some sort of penalty. Was a pandemic or other heath related possibilities in there? Its hard to know exactly how this stuff is covered from where we sit. I'm guessing you could make a request under freedom of information if you really wanted to know.

You are correct on the buys and language and many outs. Covid is a different animal, and probably (taking an educated stab here) voided any penalties as an act of God, War, Natural Disaster. Just like 9/11

There are a lot of ways a savvy business person would "start the process" - and none of them involve Ohio paying $1.5 Million or so. Good god.

There's two tactics Julie could use. She won't do either, because she wants to be Ross Bjork's lackey, but that is beside the point. Again, breach of fiduciary responsibility to allow these contracts to remain in place, as-is, while the CFP $'s have increased and G5 payouts remain patheticallyy below market.

First, on September 12th 2025 the buses don't leave Athens Ohio. She makes a call to Ross Bjork and says "Ross, you can give us $7.6 Million dollars, or we don't make the trip up 33 to play the football game. IF we don't play the game, it's fine with us - we'll pay you $1.5 Million to break the contract. However, you lose a win, you lose a fall home date, Columbus loses the gameday dollars, and you look like fools with an 11 game schedule, while the rest of your Power 5 brethren have played 12, and most have an extra win to boot. Your call Ross" - Ross can't scramble a game in less than 24 hours and it will be a complete shit-show at the feet of Ohio State.

And then it ends with a $5 Million Payday, or we pay them $1.5 Million and make a strong point that others will follow. Small price IMO. In my opinion, we win either way, as we UP the payday or reset the market for these games for the G5 - which ultimately benefits Ohio in the long run.

Yes, we will be talk show fodder for about 36-48 hours and then nobody will care about a MAC/G5 school breaking a terrible contract. Ohio State will look terrible for not being able to play the game, and for trying to low-ball the actual worth of the game.

Second course of action:

Julie picks up the phone and calls Ross Bjork. She goes back to the negotiating table and re-opens the discussions she had with Gene Smith -> "Ross, this game just got around 4x more valuable in proportion to your CFP payouts. Let's do $7.6 Million on the game. You get a home game, a win, and everyone benefits on campus, in Columbus, and around the city."

When Ross says "No thanks" - that's when the fun starts. He can counter with a number (Ohio Wins) or he can give Julie the outright "A contract is a contract" (At which point I would revert to Option 1 and keep the buses idled on September 12th).

If Julie is smart, she uses her strongest negotiating position - walk away.

But your starting point is to write Ohio State a $1.5 Million Check? Jesus, we are all screwed.

Why would you be fired by the board for doing your job and trying to earn Ohio an equitable payday? Keep up. The CFP Playoff payout is now 4x what it was when we negotiated the Ohio State Contract - that comes out to $7.6 Million. Additionally, what rights and remedies to "fans and businesses who lost cash over a decision" around a football game have? That is the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard in my life. "Julie, this is the Attorney representing Texas De Brazil in the Arena District - we are suing Ohio University because you didn't show up for a football game" - What world are you living in?

Wait, so you are saying that business around would lose "Millions" in cash because of a lost football weekend? Interesting that the game is probably worth $100 Million to Ohio State, their Athletic Department, the networks, and the city at large - yet we only want 1.9% to participate.

Funny, you just made my point for me about how under-valued this contract really is. The effect of a Home Game and Assumed win on communities like Columbus, Boulder, Madison, Lincoln, Lexington, Ames, etc is worth FAR FAR FAR more thant what someone like Julie Cromer will sign for....and I appreciate YOU making the point for me - AGAIN.

Keep licking the boots of the Athletic Department while our own people short change us. The lack of critical thinking and the sheep mentality on this thread is bothersome.

Hell, one guy wanted to start negotiations by paying $1.5 Million to Ohio State.

Breach of Fiduciary Responsibility

L-O-L

It's pretty clear you don't even know what any of those words mean and your dad left open a Joe Rogan comment section or something, but I'm extremely curious what reddit says about negotiating when you have less than zero leverage?

Breach of basic intelligent thought.

The SEC is still at 8 conference games and there's no way in hell they are going to 10.

It makes no difference what Ohio St Is paying The Bobcats in 2025 because in no uncertain terms should Ohio be playing WVU, Rutgers and Ohio State in consecutive weeks to open the season. Absolutely crazy! I wonder if Julie would ask Boals to play 75 per cent of his non league schedule vs power four teams. I doubt that is happening.

If the Ohio Basketball team played 10 of 13 games non league vs power four teams the win loss record would be terrible. So why is the current administration asking the football program to play three power four teams in one season? In 2024 the football team is facing 50 percent power four non conference schedule. Some one tell me when the basketball program has ever played 50 percent power four non conference schedule?