SWAC Mandate Requires Grambling To Play At Jackson State Through 2016


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Official Press Release From The SWAC Office

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) today announced that it plans to assist Jackson State University with an undisclosed amount as a result of its lost home contest with Grambling State last month.

The decision to undertake this initiative was fueled by Grambling State University’s forfeit of the game scheduled for October 19 and funds for Jackson State will come from Grambling State’s future distribution amounts as outlined in the conference bylaws.

“As the immediate governing body of the ten SWAC member institutions, and with approval from SWAC’s Executive Council, the missed game between Jackson State and Grambling State will be deemed a forfeit and GSU will be fined.” said SWAC Commissioner Duer Sharp. “As far as the fine for Grambling State and subsequent payment to Jackson State, we believe that it is the right thing to do from a conference standpoint.”

In addition to the fine, which was issued in accordance with conference bylaws regarding forfeit procedures, Grambling State will be required to play at JSU each of the next three football seasons to compensate Jackson State for lost revenues this year.

“Our goal at this point is to address those concerns head-on, finish up our regular season and move on towards our Football Championship in Houston on December 7.” said Commissioner Sharp.

As a result of the forfeit, Jackson State accepted the win and Grambling State was charged a loss in the conference standings.
 



Tigerpride said:
It's basically two Grambling Home games. They would be coming to us in 2015 anyway.. and NOTHING is too harsh for grambling for what they did.
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I hope those punk ass players are happy now. Now they have to deal with the consequences of what really happens when you go against the university in the manner that they did. The money that Gram will pay and lose behind that deal will be passed down to them in some form or fashion, anyway.

Only difference is, three years from now, there will be no Muscle Milk donations, no money from rappers, and Doug will be in some NFL team's front office not thinking about them.
 
I think the other schools should appeal them giving jsu additional home games. It's basically a unfair advantage for them to host those games where other schools in the conference don't get that same advantage.

Fine them and make them pay up with cash, not with home games.
 
LS Syndicate said:
I hope those punk ass players are happy now. Now they have to deal with the consequences of what really happens when you go against the university in the manner that they did. The money that Gram will pay and lose behind that deal will be passed down to them in some form or fashion, anyway.

Only difference is, three years from now, there will be no Muscle Milk donations, no money from rappers, and Doug will be in some NFL team's front office not thinking about them.
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Basically. But at least they got enough muscle milk to last then until the bayou classic.
After that they won't have shit. I guess they'll go on strike again :lol:
But I blame the sorry administration at Grambling. They had & still have no control. They dropped the ball big time.
It should have never gone that far left. I don't blame the students for being dumb. They're only doing what the president & his staff allowed them to do. The administration was punked.
 
Fiyah said:
I think the other schools should appeal them giving jsu additional home games. It's basically a unfair advantage for them to host those games where other schools in the conference don't get that same advantage.

Fine them and make them pay up with cash, not with home games.
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So is playing a conference game on neutral field every year an unfair advantage to the rest of the conference? Ya'll got more things to worry about than JSU business.
 
I have no problem with this plan of action...who cares if JSU plays one extra home game.

Great move (finally) by the SWAC...The players at Gram screwed their own school!
 
i don't have a problem with going to JSU three years in a row, it's will be like a classic, but I hope Brian Jenkins wins all three games !
 



Tigerpride said:
So is playing a conference game on neutral field every year an unfair advantage to the rest of the conference? Ya'll got more things to worry about than JSU business.
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It's not either since it is on a neutral field and not at the home field of said team. Look at the year you played su in jackson for their home game and how that turned out.
 
CapitolStreetJSU said:
Thanks Kenn for deleting my thread i had already made on this same topic LOL, man next time ill just wait for you to break the news.
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You didn't provide attribution. You can't simply copy and paste information from other sites (unless it is a press release) and not state where you got the information from. That policy is clearly stated every time you log in.

Going forward, any thread (regardless of the number of replies) will be deleted if this policy is not met.
 
Fiyah said:
I think the other schools should appeal them giving jsu additional home games. It's basically a unfair advantage for them to host those games where other schools in the conference don't get that same advantage.

Fine them and make them pay up with cash, not with home games.
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You obviously didn't read the release.
 
Kenn Rashad said:
You didn't provide attribution. You can't simply copy and paste information from other sites (unless it is a press release) and not state where you got the information from. That policy is clearly stated every time you log in.

Going forward, any thread (regardless of the number of replies) will be deleted if this policy is not met.
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I don't see that on your post and it looks like you posted the whole thing without a link... ijs. :D
 
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