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But after really digging into everything, Rawak told me that the travel is actually much more doable than they initially thought. “We’re pretty close to major airports in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Once we really sat down, looked at which airlines fly to what markets, how much class time our students would miss, how much everything would cost…we realized this was more doable than we thought.”
The biggest difference, she pointed out, is that the school is prepared to spend what they needed to spend to swap bus rides for plane rides. The mileage might be longer, but they’re confident that the actual missed class time won’t be significantly more.
While Delaware did evaluate many other conference realignment opportunities, Rawak also singled out a shared sense of ambition and shared values for why Conference USA.
“I have to really credit {Conference USA Commissioner} Judy MacLeod. I think she’s a great leader, and Conference USA has been able to constantly completely reinvent themselves.” While Rawak understands that Delaware doesn’t share many geographic similarities or institutional profile similarities with their new conference peers, she believes Delaware shares similar “ambitions” and “athletic values.”
If this was mentioned I missed it but does anyone know if Conf USA has a GOR contract and timeframe? I’m not seeing anything official but online talk where the MAC has a 10 year GOR and that conf USA possibly only has 5 years.
Basically the conference owns your media rights so if a school leaves before the contract expires, it can be an issue.
DaveB wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:21 pm
If this was mentioned I missed it but does anyone know if Conf USA has a GOR contract and timeframe? I’m not seeing anything official but online talk where the MAC has a 10 year GOR and that conf USA possibly only has 5 years.
Basically the conference owns your media rights so if a school leaves before the contract expires, it can be an issue.
CUSA schools signed a 5 year Grant of Rights thru 2027 (Pretty sure the expiration date is 6-30-2027).
Any school leaving Before that date must pay $800,000 for each year remaining in the GOR.
This is smaller and shorter term than most GOR's.
Example--school "G" leaves with two years left on GOR--they owe 1.6M.
My understanding is that UD--entering Fall '25 would only be under that GOR for two years. Of course schools might decide to extend the GOR or make a new one (or none) before this one expires. Pretty sure Any vote for a GOR Must be unanimous. Undoubtedly, UD had to sign that GOR before joining CUSA.
There is no exit fee for CUSA--BUT (in Addition to the GOR) teams leaving Must pay (or not collect) TWO years worth of Conference revenue due them. That would include CFP money, Media money, and NCAA BB money units.
