USM bolting CUSA a year early

[Duke Humphrey]

https://southernmiss.com/news/2022/2/11/general-statement-regarding-conference-realignment.aspx

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Yep.

The University of Southern Mississippi will terminate its membership in Conference USA effective June 30, 2022. The University will not participate in Conference USA during the 2022-23 academic year. This decision comes after considering the best interests of the University and the entire Golden Eagle family, including nearly 350 student-athletes and thousands of fans and supporters.

The University first advised Conference USA in early December 2021 of the University's plans to terminate its membership in June 2022. Since then, the University has clearly and consistently repeated its intentions to the conference. The University has from the outset expressed its desire to work with Conference USA to achieve an amicable separation, including offering to cooperate to ensure that all remaining conference members had complete competitive schedules for those sports in which the University competes. Conference USA has so far refused to discuss any such arrangement with the University.

The Conference's unwillingness to discuss the concept of separation this year creates confusion and doubt for all concerned. The remaining members of Conference USA deserve certainty about their schedules as they plan for competition next year. For their sake, the University makes public its intent.

While the University appreciates its time and experience as a Conference USA member, that time will end on June 30, 2022. We wish Conference USA and its membership success in the future.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

Dellenger just tweeted that CUSA just sent its 2022 schedule out, with USM, Marshall and ODU included. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

 

[Dawgg]

Interesting that they don't say they're going to the Sun Belt on that date. I wonder if they'll have to spend a season in the Independent wilderness or if the Sun Belt is ready to schedule them in for the 2022 season.

I do love the 'look, we tried to do you a solid, LaTech & UTEP, but ya'll send our calls to vm, so 17 you' tone to the whole statement.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

The big question: Is Lettuce AD at Southern Miss, Marshall, or Old Dominion? **

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Fixed it.

The University of Southern Mississippi will terminate its membership in Conference USA effective June 30, 2022. The University will not participate in Conference USA during the 2022-23 academic year. This decision comes after considering the best interests of the University and the entire Golden Eagle family, including nearly 350 student-athletes and thousands tens of fans and supporters.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

11thEagleFan will be happy.

 

[Smoked Toag]

Will they owe any money?

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Brett McMurphy said they are Sunbelt bound along with James Madison.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

There will be questions. pic.twitter.com/9dTAyoKJOP— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) February 11, 2022

 

[patdog]

I think the schedules CUSA sent out including USM, ODU and Marshall after they had all announced they're leaving in June says everything you need to know about why CUSA failed and why those schools left in the first place.

 

[Dawgg]

Will they owe any money?

I think the way CUSA works is not a buyout per se, it’s a more of a forfeiture. The only recourse CUSA would have is to sue the departing schools for the damages their leaving early does to the content in the media package. Considering we could probably take up a collection to secure the rights to stream CUSA on Sixpack, that’s going to be a very small settlement number.

 

[o_Hot Rock]

A quick google told me that Marshall and Old Dominion also put out similar letters.

https://sports.yahoo.com/marshall-o...usa-in-june-as-sun-belt-awaits-204923919.html

 

[GloryDawg]

I wonder if the buy out is more than 10 of 10's?

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

If a tree falls in the forest…

 

[Cooterpoot]

Their 12 fans demanded it