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Nothing Worse than Being Replaceable

Found June 20, 2008 on East Coast Bias: Yardbarker Blogger Network
TEAMS: Duke Blue Devils

In the eyes of the law, that's exactly what the Duke football program is: replaceable. A Kentucky judge ruled that the Duke team could reasonably be replaced by ANY team in Division I, including what used to be I-AA!!
Original Story: http://www.east-coast-bias.com/2008/0... Verified_ybn
4 Comments:
  • I didn't want Duke to suffer the added embarrassment of having nobody care enough to post a comment.
    by prcleburne   June 22, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • Oh god, look at those cheerleaders..
    by soxaddict   June 22, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • So now when I say "Duke Sucks," there is established legal precedent.
    by MasonDixon   June 24, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • This is a crazy legal precedent, give how much $$$ is involved in scheduling these games, and how huge a range the buyouts are... Utah State backed out of a game with Arkansas and paid $50,000. You can't do that to the TN Vols, though: they charge a whopping $500,000 for breaking a contract.

    The TN Vols are also playing close to $2 million in 2008 to host teams they can beat, with visitors being paid anywhere from $750,000 to $850,000. If teams want to start backing out on deals like this, they can now use the Duke case as precedent, and potentially screw up the hosting team's schedule.
    by BeenTo2SUs   June 26, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
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