Jun 22, 2022
4:07:05pm
4:07:05pm
Holmoe had absolutely no leverage.
His options were to take the buyout and walk, or take the game in Vegas and play.
He chose to take the game in Vegas. There are way more schools willing to jump at the chance to play ND than there are schools looking to jump to play BYU. Sure - BYU is in a good enough spot they can get games. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that for Notre Dame it was "take it or leave it, BYU. But we're playing a game in Vegas in October." BYU decided to take it - and I'm OK with that.
The initial contract that Notre Dame decided to buy out of is really the issue. And BYU was desperate enough for quality games at that point that they had no leverage then either - I suspect if the put the buy out too high, we never get those games.
While I would love to have been able to play Notre Dame in Provo again - I'd rather play them in South Bend (or Vegas) than not at all.
He chose to take the game in Vegas. There are way more schools willing to jump at the chance to play ND than there are schools looking to jump to play BYU. Sure - BYU is in a good enough spot they can get games. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that for Notre Dame it was "take it or leave it, BYU. But we're playing a game in Vegas in October." BYU decided to take it - and I'm OK with that.
The initial contract that Notre Dame decided to buy out of is really the issue. And BYU was desperate enough for quality games at that point that they had no leverage then either - I suspect if the put the buy out too high, we never get those games.
While I would love to have been able to play Notre Dame in Provo again - I'd rather play them in South Bend (or Vegas) than not at all.
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6/22/22 9:31am
Notre Dame was either going to pay the buyout or do this. BYU took the better option. They were not coming to Provo.
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BYU didn't "need" Notre Dame for 2022. They could have just as easily found someone else and the rest of the schedule
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6/22/22 2:46pm
Of course. It's ridiculous what we did to get that extra game. Should have just forced them to pay us.
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