Michigan State will pay Louisiana $600,000 for cancelling football game

[CajunSID]

Exactly, open your frickin mouths, damn! How is this that hard to do?

This forum never ceases to amaze. And I get the frustration sometimes. But I don’t see how a reasonable person would think UL was gonna take a $600,000 bath by backing out of a contract just to schedule WF.

As to why they didn’t come out and address it, I don’t know. Maybe maintain relationships?? Someone’s about to hand you a $600k check for something. I’m not gonna embarrass them.

Heck maybe we can get them down here one day. Why burn a bridge just to appease a couple fans who want to complain incessantly about everything and fire everyone on a daily basis
anyway.

[Million$Mullet]

I understand the frustrations of not getting the information we all wanted. I think it had to do with some legal things. Maybe a gag order? Idk bottom line is now we have proof and the sky isn’t falling. So when we see people saying we backed out on socials they can be corrected. Geaux Cajuns.

[ZoomZoom]

https://t.co/00Y6S1dF4Q

“Michigan State, which formally canceled a Sept. 14 game against Louisiana, will pay Prairie View A&M $500,000 for playing at Spartan Stadium that same date and Louisiana will get $600,000 after it swapped out playing in East Lansing for a game at Wake Forest on Sept. 28, according to documents obtained by MLive via a Freedom of Information Act request.”

I love the press release wording. Bottom line, Sparty broke the deal. Dare I say, with all the changes within their football program, they NEEDED a guaranteed win, and were not confident Louisiana would be an easy win. But a SWAC school could. And folks in Michigan smelled a rat and filed the FOIA request. UL stayed out of it not to disturb connections made, or was part of the agreement, let MSU take the heat. And UL banks an easy 600k.

All makes sense now.

[CrazyCajun]

We also get a winnable game against a P5 who is one of the more willing teams to
play at G5’s. It’s also in the heart of our eastern conference recruiting grounds. Maybe we can line up a series in baseball as well.

[Esqueleto]

We also get a winnable game against a P5 who is one of the more willing teams to
play at G5’s. It’s also in the heart of our eastern conference recruiting grounds. Maybe we can line up a series in baseball as well.

Maybe we'll even be conference mates in the not-too-distant future.

[ZoomZoom]

https://247sports.com/college/michig...ana-227286470/


This one pieces everything together. Was all MSU.

https://www.mlive.com/spartans/2024/...outputType=amp

[ultracajun]

Good ole FOIA

[SlickRick]

How much are we getting for the wake forest game?

[RaginScotsman]

Makes a bit more sense now.

[Turbine]

Early on an FOI request was suggested.

In the void of information imaginations run wild and are to be expected, and by any rational measure, they run the gamut.

Nice to see a bowtie on thisinformation.

[Cajunrunner]

Early on an FOI request was suggested.

In the void of information imaginations run wild and are to be expected, and by any rational measure, they run the gamut.

Nice to see a bowtie on thisinformation.

Wonder if anyone in the Lafayette media even bothered to consider a FOI. I guess media in Michigan actually cares about the Michigan State program.

[GeauxCajuns]

Wonder if anyone in the Lafayette media even bothered to consider a FOI. I guess media in Michigan actually cares about the Michigan State program.

So Michigan state didn’t put anything out either.

Maybe it isn’t the norm for athletics departments to put statements out regarding such contracts, but people sure were quick to drag UL through the mud on this one.