r/sunbelt • u/MonarchLawyer • 1d ago

[Dellenger] The Sun Belt adopted new exit fees this week, increasing the exit amount from $5 million to a range of $8-18 million that is determined through the notification date of departure, sources tell @YahooSports . A 27-month or more notice is an $8M fee and it escalates from there.

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2111167857300308414?s=20
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u/HeyJude21 1d ago

Honestly already should have been this for stability

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u/MasterRKitty 1d ago

I wonder if there is going to be an exception for schools dropping down to FCS-looking at you ULM

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u/CVogel26 21h ago

It would almost certainly be waived. A team dropping down to the FCS is almost certainly one that is a below-conference average school and drags down the value per school of future media deals.

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u/Big__If_True 1d ago

This just reinforces the fact that y’all are stuck with us for the long haul

Cope and seethe

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u/seaking4steel 23h ago

There are non football schools that have larger athletic budgets than ULM.

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u/Big__If_True 22h ago

This is true. Plenty of FCS teams too. Doesn’t change what I said though

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u/SouthernWino 22h ago

I doubt if a school LEAVES for FCS that they would be required to pay the exit fee. It's focused on teams leaving for another FBS conference.

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u/CieraVotedOutHerMom 1d ago

Hip hip! Great for conference stability moving forward

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u/Andrews887 1d ago

So the sun belt is locked up until 2030s sounds like.

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u/midnight-architect7 23h ago

This is so dumb. The conference is just going to continue to die.

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u/SouthernWino 22h ago

What are you talking about? Every conference has exit fee penalties. IMO, the exit fee should start at $10M and go up.

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u/midnight-architect7 22h ago

Yeah but voting to raise it immediately after your best member says they’re leaving is pussy shit. The Sun Belt is, and forever will be, a poverty conference.

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u/HarryMonroesGhost 21h ago

JMU expedited its exit precisely because the exit fee increase was in the works. If you knew that information and were already planning to move, why wouldn't you take the discount?

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u/Harbison63 6h ago

This was already in the works before JMU decided to bolt.

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u/siats4197 19h ago

Uhm, have you seen the Conference-USA and Mid-American Conference?