[Husker] Pederson

[Dick Karre]

Good points. The Houston AD simply jumped the gun - announced a deal before 
the contract was signed - and now he covers himself by blaming Pederson. I 
have yet to see any report of precisely what Pederson supposedly said to 
make this guy think they had a firm deal. This whole thing strikes me as a 
tempest in a teapot. I doubt that anyone outside of Houston will remember it 
for long.
Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Landin" <marklandin at gmail.com>
To: "Greg Zimmerman" <gzimmerman at everestkc.net>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Pederson


>> >I have been willing to give Pederson the benefit of the doubt but this
>> > Houston situation is unsettling. I'm willing to wait until all of the
>> > facts
>> > come out but if what the Houston AD says is true, I have lost all 
>> > respect
>> > for Mr. Pederson.
>
> All I've seen the Houston AD say is, basically, "we talked about
> playing a game, but NU called today and said we weren't".
>
>> > Playing Maine would be great if NU had a hockey team, but.....
>
>> > It all comes down to $$'s doesn't it? A home game against Maine will 
>> > bring
>> > in more money than a nationally televised road game at Houston. That's
>> > the,
>> > no pun intended, bottom line. Once again decisions are not made on 
>> > what's
>> > right, but what is more financially lucrative.
>
>
> There was never any contract for the game, so there was no "deal" from
> which to back out. At what point does NU become "honor bound" to play
> a game?
>
> Notice that it was Houston who set up the televised game, not NU. It
> may be that Houston put a lot more effort into getting the game done,
> it fell through, and they're upset about possibly losing the TV
> revenue (NU is not the only school motivated by the financial bottom
> line).
>
> It's not like this happened in late July or August. It appears NU was
> upfront about their scheduling with Houston and UH has ample time to
> try to find a replacement game. Further, we don't know how many other
> schools NU was talking to about playing a game on that date, but which
> were also snubbed in favor of Maine.
>
> I'm not willing to convict Mr. Pederson's ethics based on the facts
> revealed so far.
>
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