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MAC "Shocked" By Big Ten's Move, Will Face Big Financial Hit

Steinbrecher said he didn't expect the Big Ten's decision so soon; the move cut 11 games from the MAC scheduleMAC

MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher “was shocked" by the Big Ten's announcement, as the move “nixes 11 football games from the MAC schedule, handing teams in the conference a loss of more than $10 million,” according to Evan Petzold of the DETROIT FREE PRESS. The MAC “plans to move forward as scheduled by competing in as many nonconference games as possible,” though the Big Ten's move “puts his member schools further in the hole.” Steinbrecher: “We know everybody is examining all sorts of things, but I did not expect this decision quite so soon” (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 7/10). Meanwhile, Bowling Green AD Bob Moosbrugger believes the Big Ten's decision is just "the tip of the iceberg" (ESPN.com, 7/9).

MAJOR LOSS OF INCOME: USA TODAY’s Paul Myerberg notes not having non-conference games “could have a big impact on smaller programs who rely on ‘guarantee games’ at major schools for a big part of the athletic budget.” It is “unclear whether those contracts would call for a penalty payment” (USA TODAY, 7/10). In Indianapolis, Gregg Doyel writes smaller schools like those in the MAC “need to play Power 5 schools to pay their bills.” Doyel: “This is going to happen to smaller schools all over the country once the ACC, SEC and the rest ... make the same announcement” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 7/10). Meanwhile, in Toledo, Nicholas Piotrowicz notes game contracts between nonconference football opponents “always include language about what should happen if the game cannot be played due to forces beyond the control of either party, though the level of specificity varies.” Bowling Green's contract with Illinois “explicitly states ‘epidemic’ as one of the cases in which neither side would be liable for liquidated damages” (TOLEDO BLADE, 7/10).

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