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SMU (2022-2025) (00396215xC146B)
SMU (2022-2025) (00396215xC146B)
by and between
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
and
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
This Intercollegiate Football Competition Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into
by the University of North Texas ("UNT") and by Southern Methodist University ("SMU"), effective
as of the latest date of signature below.
l. Competitions. UNT and SMU agree that their respective teams in the sport of
intercollegiate football shall meet in scheduled football games ("Competitions") as more particularly
described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time.
2. Consideration. Each team promises to play the other on the dates and times as set forth in
Exhibit "A". UNT acknowledges that SMU's promise to participate as the visiting team in 2022 and 2024
induced UNT's promise to participate as the visiting team in 2023 and 2025. SMU acknowledges that
UNT's promise to participate as the visiting team in 2023 and 2025 induced SMU's promise to participate
as the visiting team in 2022 and 2024.
3. Rules. Each Competition shall be governed by the rules of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association ("NCAA") and the home team's conference in effect when the Competition takes place.
4. Officials. Officials for each Competition shall be appointed by the visiting team's
respective conference and all fees and expenses shall be paid by the visiting team.
S. Eligibility of Team Players. All players and contestants representing either team shall be
eligible under the rules and regulations of the NCAA and their respective conferences.
6. Arrival of Teams. Each team shall present themselves at the Competition site in condition
to compete at least thirty minutes before the advertised starting time for the Competition.
7. Forfeiture Fee. If either team forfeits this Agreement by failing to comply with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement for any reason, either by cancellation or failure to appear at a scheduled
Competition, the forfeiting team agrees that it shall, no later than thirty days after the scheduled date of the
forfeited Competition, pay to the non-forfeiting team the forfeiture fee as set forth on Exhibit "A" as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty. The forfeiture fee shall not apply if forfeiture of the competition
occurs by reason of: (a) impossibility of performance; (b) reclassification; or (c) mutual written agreement
of the teams.
8. Reclassification and Cancellation. Either team may cancel further Competitions if either
team is reclassified to a different NCAA membership division after the Agreement has been signed.
Cancellation of any Competition under this section shall be deemed not to be a breach of this Agreement.
I I. Sideline Passes. The visiting team will be provided with 60 sideline passes for the use of
coaches, trainers, and working personnel only. Sideline passes must be worn by all personnel with the
exception of team players in uniform. All visiting team sideline passes will be restricted to the visiting
team area (between the 25-yard lines), the visiting team locker room, and reasonable passage to and from
those areas.
13. Concessions, Parking, and Programs. The home team shall have the exclusive right to and
control of all concession sales, parking, and program sales, and resulting revenue shall be retained by and
belong exclusively to the home team.
14. Non-Waiver. No failure by either team to insist upon the strict performance of any
covenant, agreement, tenn, or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise a right or remedy shall constitute
a waiver. No waiver of any breach shall affect or alter this Agreement, but each and every covenant,
15. Notices. Any notice given pursuant to this Agreement to a party to this Agreement shall
be given in writing by personal delivery, overnight delivery, facsimile, or United States certified or
registered mail return receipt requested, and shall be addressed to each team as shown below, or to such
other address, or to the attention of such other person or officer, as either team may by written notice
designate from time to time.
16. Amendment. This Agreement, including Exhibit "A", may be amended from time to time
by mutual agreement of the teams. Before any amendment shall be operative or valid, it shall have been
reduced to writing and by authorized representatives of both teams.
17. No Assignment. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations set forth herein, may not
be assigned by either team without the express, prior written consent of the other team.
18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument, and facsimile or electronic signatures shall be equally binding as originals.
19. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the teams in
connection with the Competitions and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and
understandings whether written or oral.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Intercollegiate Football Competition
Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officials, to be effective as of the date first set forth
above.
September
Game#l UNT TBD $500,000.00 450 3,000
3,2022
September
Game#2 SMU TBD $500,000.00 450 3,000
9,2023
September
Game#3 UNT TBD $500,000.00 450 3,000
7,2024
Septembec
Game#4 SMU TBD $500,000.00 450 3,000
13, 2025
By:~~
Vice President and Director of Athletics
By: Dill
Rick Hart,
Director of Athletics