📡 Kentucky could save more than $2 million by going to SEC-only football schedule - Courier Journal

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Kentucky could save more than $2 million by going to SEC-only football schedule

Kentucky could save over $2 million from the cancellation of nonconference football games, but negotiations remain ongoing.

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LEXINGTON — The Southeastern Conference’s move to cancel nonconference football games this fall could save Kentucky more than $2 million.

Unless the Wildcats’ scheduled nonconference opponents push for financial compensation for the canceled games.

“The university is in discussions with all nonconference opponents,” a UK spokesman said in a statement provided to The Courier Journal. “We will share final resolution of all those talks.”

On Thursday, the SEC announced plans to play a 10-game 2020 schedule made of only conference games. UK’s previously scheduled games against Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Eastern Illinois and Louisville were canceled as a result.

According to the contracts for those games obtained by The Courier Journal through an open records request, UK was set to pay $2.45 million in guarantees to Eastern Michigan, Kent State and Eastern Illinois for three home games. The Wildcats would have been paid $300,000 by Louisville for traveling to Cardinal Stadium for the annual Governor’s Cup rivalry game.

 

[mando]

Will the schools still owe something to the out of conference teams they had to cancel the games with? I would assume there is something in the contract that addresses not playing.