“… prohibitory or governmental authority” notwithstanding, Georgia State is expecting that $1 million guarantee fee, thank you very much, Alabama.
“In 2017, the American Athletic Conference made a unilateral decision to cancel our game against Memphis within weeks of its scheduled date for their independent desire to play more conference games,” Georgia State athletic director Charlie Cobb said in a statement to The Tuscaloosa News. “To their credit, the cancellation fee was paid promptly, primarily recognizing the hardship this last-minute decision placed on us.
“We expect Alabama to do likewise as they have significantly more resources than Memphis.”
Aside from the enforceability of the clause, welshing on a obligation based on something engineered by the organization you belong to is probably not a good look if you want to do business with cupcake programs down the road.