You are correct Sandy. The same VS poster that gave us a head’s up on the Idaho cancellation acknowledged that with the payout and refunds they athletic department was hoping to “break even”.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandy Alonso Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida-Idaho football game canceled My guess is that they DO have some kind of insurance for these situations. Otherwise, I don't think they'd be so quick to guarantee a $1M payout to a visiting team, no matter whether the game is played or not. On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Jerry D. Belloit <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: To quote Lee Corso, …not so fast. This is not an inconsequential amount of money. I don’t know what costs they incurred on Saturday but it was not a small amount. Add an almost a million dollar payout to the other team, and the refund of all of the tickets, this would knock a hole in the yearly profitability. I would guestimate that it cost them upwards of 3 million dollars between the payouts, refunds, expenses, and lost profit sharing. (The profit sharing piece may be much larger than we all realize when you factor in the royalties as well.) Jerry From: Oliver Barry <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Reply-To: GatorTalk <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 10:52 AM To: GatorTalk <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida-Idaho football game canceled I doubt UAA is losing any sleep over it. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Bob Parks Realty, LLC Real Estate Broker 145 Maple Row Blvd Hendersonville TN 37075 Phone: 615-826-4040 <tel:615-826-4040> Mobile: 615-972-4239 <tel:615-972-4239> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry D. Belloit Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 9:29 AM To: GatorTalk Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida-Idaho football game canceled I find it amazing that there is not some out contractually for a situation like this. I wonder if the AA had insurance against the weather. This had to have been close to a $2,000,000 loss. Jerry From: Shane Ford <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> " <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 8:37 AM To: GatorNEWS <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida-Idaho football game canceled Florida-Idaho football game canceled <http://www.gatorsports.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=GS&Date=20140903&Category=ARTICLES&ArtNo=140909856&Ref=AR&imageVersion=Main&MaxW=445&border=0> Florida coach Will Muschamp walks across the field before the Florida-Idaho game, which was called off Wednesday. Matt Stamey/Staff photographer By <http://www.gatorsports.com/personalia/robbieandreu> Robbie Andreu GAINESVILLE SUN Staff writer Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 4:59 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 4:59 p.m. Last Saturday's Florida-Idaho game started and ended with one play. And that's the way it's going to stand in the record books. Officials from both schools announced Wednesday they have agreed not to resume the game that was suspended by lightning and unsafe field conditions. The game will go down as a “no contest.” The two schools considered several scenarios, including resuming the game on Oct. 25, an open date for both schools, but decided canceling it was best for both schools. "We looked at a number of options and, in the end, we both thought it was in the best interest of our student-athletes and football programs to play out the remainder of our respective schedules as they stand," UF athletic director Jeremy Foley said. The two schools have agreed to play a game at Florida Field in 2017. Florida will fulfill the terms of the contract between the two schools and pay Idaho its $975,000 guarantee by February 1, 2015, as outlined in the agreement. UF also will refund those who purchased tickets to the game. "I want to thank UF, especially AD Jeremy Foley, for the professional and first-class way they worked through this issue and the focus on student-athlete welfare," Idaho athletic director Rob Spear said. "It was not in our best interest to play 10 consecutive weeks without a bye week. We look forward to our return to Florida in 2017." Had the game been resumed on the open date for both schools (Oct. 25), the Gators would have concluded the regular season with games on nine consecutive Saturdays. "Like all Gators, I wish we could have played the game Saturday night, but I support the decision made by both athletic directors," Florida head coach Will Muschamp said. "As I said earlier this week, our focus is getting our players and team ready for Eastern Michigan and we are excited to get back out there in front of our passionate and loyal fans." Starting quarterback Jeff Driskel said Tuesday that the players would be OK with whatever decision the schools reached. “There are a lot of logistics that go into it that are well out of my reach,” Driskel said. “You know, whatever they tell us to do, that's what we're going do and that's basically all there is to that.” Junior defensive end/outside linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. said Wednesday that the Gators are ready to move on regardless of the decision. “It really doesn't matter,” he said. “Going into the season when you start getting things rolling, you don't think about that anymore. That was last week.” All fans who purchased a ticket through the Gator Ticket Office to the Idaho game will be given a full refund of the single-game ticket price that they paid for the game. This includes all Gator Booster and UF student season-ticket holders, single-game, group and mini-plan ticket holders who purchased through GatorZone, those who called, visited, mailed their order in to the Gator Ticket Office or those who purchased through the TicketMaster Exchange site. The regular ticket price for the Idaho game was $25, the student ticket price was $15 and group ticket pricing varied. 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