FOOTBALL CONTRACT

THIS AGREEMENT is between The Ohio State University and the University of Connecticut
("Visiting Team").

WHEREAS, OSU and the Visiting Team desire to provide for the participation between the parties?
varsity football teams in a game of football.

NOW, THEREFORE. in consideration of the foregoing, OSU and the Visiting Team agree as follows:

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The varsity football teams representing OSU and the Visiting Team shalt participate in a game
of football at OSU, Columbus, Ohio on October 18. 2025 at a time to be determined by OSU,
in conjunction with agreements with the Big Ten Conference and its television partners
concerning the broadcast of the football game.

The football game, including the eligibility of the participating players, shall be governed by the
rules and regulations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association the Big Ten
Conference, the Visiting Team?s conference and the institutional rules of OSU and the Visiting
Team.

OSU agrees to pay the Visiting Team One Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
for participation in the game no later than February 28th of the year following
the game.

The of?cials that shall be in charge of of?ciating the football game shall be appointed by the
Big Ten Conference and their expenses shall be paid by OSU.

OSU will make 3,000 tickets available for purchase by the Visiting Team (which includes
tickets for the Visiting Team?s band should such band travel to the football game). The Visiting
Team shall return to OSU all unsoid tickets no later than September 15, 2025. Payment for all
tickets used by the Visiting Team and all unsold tickets not returned to OSU will be deducted
from the amount that OSU agreed to pay the Visiting Team.

Upon approval of OSU, which will not be unreasonably withheld, the Visiting Team's
cheerleaders and pompom squad members (which combined, shall not exceed twenty-five
who are dressed in uniforms shall be admitted to the game at no cost and shall be
permitted to perform under the rules and regulations of OSU. A request by the Visiting Team
for its band (no more than 300) to perform shall be made no later than July 1 of the year in
which the game will be played. The Visiting Team?s band will perform under the rules and
regulations of OSU. Visiting Team band members shall not be admitted to the game at no
cost. The band's ticket needs shall be included with the Visiting Team's ticket aliotment set
forth in paragraph 5 above.

The Visiting Team shall be allowed sixty (60) sideline passes at no charge. Sideline passes
are for use by coaches. trainers and working personnel only. Sideline passes must be worn
by all personnel with the exception of varsity players in uniform. All Visiting Team sideline
passes will be restricted to the Visiting Team bench area during the game and to the ?eld
during ore-game and halftime. Visiting Team sideline passes cannot be used for admission to
the stadium or to the press box.

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OSU shall have the exclusive right to sell programs and operate concessions and parking. All
income from program sales, concessions and parking shall be the sole property of OSU.

OSU shall have a medical doctor and an ambulance at the game site throughout the period of
the football game.

Visiting Team acknowledges and agrees that all rights to telecast or distribute (live or
delayed, whole or condensed (including highlights), throughout the universe, in any and all
markets, in any and all languages and via any and all forms of media and methods of
distribution and distribution technology) OSU home football games and certain games played
at a neutral site have been assigned by OSU to the Big Ten Conference, Inc. (?the Big Ten?),
which in turn has entered into agreements with certain third parties for the telecast or
distribution of such games, OSU has no ability to grant to Visiting Team any rights for the
telecast or distribution of games played pursuant to this Agreement in which OSU is the home
football team or of games played pursuant to this Agreement at certain neutral sites and 
the Big Ten shall have the exclusive right to retain all revenues derived from the telecast or
distribution of games played pursuant to this Agreement in which OSU is the home team.
OSU acknowledges and agrees that Visiting Team shall have the exclusive right to enter into
agreements with respect to the telecast or distribution of games played pursuant to this
Agreement in which Visiting Team is the home football team or of games played pursuant to
this Agreement at certain neutral sites and to retain all revenues derived therefrom.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the respective rights, if any, of OSU and Visiting Team with
respect to the telecast or distribution of games played pursuant to this Agreement in which
they are the visiting football team (and the revenues derived therefrom) shall be governed by
a separate agreement between the Big Ten and Visiting Team which separate agreement
shall govern certain aspects of any football games played between the member institutions of
the Big Ten and Visiting Team, provided. that in the absence of any such separate
agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

OSU shall control the radio broadcast of the game and shall retain the revenue from all radio
rights to broadcast the game. Notwithstanding the above, the Visiting Team will be provided
one (1) rights?free radio outlet for the live radio broadcast of the game by the Visiting Team's
of?cially designated station or af?liated radio network, and is entitled to retain any revenue
from such broadcast. The Visiting Team shall be responsible for ordering and paying for
telephone and broadcast lines incidental to such radio broadcast. OSU shall not be required
to make any alteration to existing facilities for purposes of this Agreement. Every effort will be
made to accommodate the student radio station that is originating the game. There will be no
charge for this broadcast. Visiting Team is limited to one student radio station organization.

Each team shall have the right to produce ?lms andfor videotapes of the games played
pursuant to this Agreement for coaching purposes and for use in a weekly coaches? show only
and for no other purpose. Such ?lms and/or videotapes may not be replayed. used or
otherwise distributed by the Visiting Team to any person other than the incorporation of up to
eight minutes (8:00) of highlights of the game as part of a weekly coaches' show and to its
football team coaches and players. OSU agrees to provide reasonable facilities for such
cameras as may be reasonably required by the Visiting Team to produce such films and/or
videotapes. Any other usage by the Visiting Team of footage of games played pursuant to
this Agreement shall be governed by a separate agreement between the Big Ten and Visiting
Team. Each team may retain all income that it may receive from such opportunities.

it it becomes impossible to play the football game for reasons of power failure, strikes, severe
weather conditions, riots, war, or other unforeseen catastrophes or disasters beyond the

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control of either party, this Agreement may be terminated by either OSU or the Visiting Team.
the football game shall be cancelled, and neither party shall be responsible to the other for
any loss or damage. No such cancellation shall affect the parties' obligations as to
subsequent games, if any, covered by this Agreement.

If the Visiting Team?s football team for any reason other than those stated in paragraph 13
above, fails to appear at the time and place scheduled herein for the football game or if the
Visiting Team informs OSU that it intends to breach the contract and not appear for the game,
and if no contest with a Football Bowl Subdivision team is scheduled by OSU to
replace the one cancelled because of the Visiting Team?s breach (OSU recognizes its legal
obligation to mitigate its damages in the event of Visiting Team?s breach), then the Visiting
Team shall be deemed to have breached the Agreement and shall pay to OSU:

(1) expenses incurred by OSU, if any, in preparing for the football game. This shall
include actual expenditures before the breach. and liabilities accrued before the breach
which cannot be avoided after the breach; and

(2) a liquidated damages amount of One Million Dollars The parties
agree that it is dif?cult to predict attendance and revenues for any event, so that this
sum will represent liquidated damages for OSU's loss of revenue. and shall not be
viewed as a penalty. Payment must be made by the Visiting Team to OSU no later
than February 28th of the calendar year following the scheduled date of the football
game.

if OSU's football team for any reason other than those stated in paragraph 13 above, fails to
appear at the time and place scheduled herein for the football game or it OSU informs the
Visiting Team that OSU intends to breach this Agreement and not appear for the game, and if
no contest with a team of similar stature and with a payment to the Visiting Team equal to or
greater than the payment to the Visiting Team in this Agreement is scheduled by the Visiting
Team to replace the one cancelled because of OSU's breach (Visiting Team recognizes its
legal obligation to mitigate its damages in the event of breach), then OSU shall be
deemed to have breached the Agreement and shall pay to the Visiting Team:

(1) expenses incurred by the Visiting Team, if any, in preparing for the football game.
This shall include actual expenditures before the breach, and liabilities accrued before
the breach which cannot be avoided after the breach; and

(2) a liquidated damages amount which represents the difference between One Million
Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and the amount the Visiting
Team receives for the game scheduled to replace this OSUNisiting Team game. The
Visiting Team shall present to OSU proof of the amount of the Visiting Team?s
guarantee for such replacement game. The parties agree that it is dif?cult to predict
attendance and revenues for any event, so that this sum will represent liquidated
damages for the Visiting Team's loss of revenue, and shall not be viewed as a penalty.
Payment must be made by OSU to the Visiting Team no later than February 28th of
the calendar year following the scheduled date of the football game.

Each party shall be solely responsible for payment of any assessments due its own
conference or any other governing body.

The Visiting Team recognizes that OSU has exclusive agreements with certain corporate
sponsors which may prevent the Visiting Team from bringing certain products or items into
football stadium. The Visiting Team agrees to consult with OSU before the football
game to ensure that the Visiting Team does not bring products or items (excluding team
apparel or shoes) into OSU's football stadium that violate OSU's corporate Sponsor

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agreements. If the Visiting Team brings products or items into OSU's football stadium that
violate OSU's corporate sponsor agreements, then OSU shall provide to the Visiting Team
acceptable items or products (including, but not limited to. water coolers, cups and towels).

Any notice required under this Agreement to be given by either OSU or the Visiting Team to
the other shall be in writing, postage prepaid, addressed to the following addresses:

If to OSU: Director of Athletics
The Ohio State University
Fawcett Center, ?i0?h Floor
2400 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210

If to the Visiting Team: David Benedict
Director of Athletics
The University of Connecticut
Division of Athletics
2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173
Storrs. Connecticut 06029

If any provisions of this Agreement or any application thereof shall be invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement and any application of such provision shall
not be affected.

No failure by either party to insist upon the strict performance by the other of any term or
condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right to remedy contingent upon a breach
thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of such term or condition of this
Agreement and the term or condition shall continue in full force and effect with respect to any
then existing or subsequent breach.

Each party'shall maintain comprehensive general liability insurance or a program of self-
insurance in amounts that are commercially reasonable. Upon request, a party shall provide
the other party with written proof of insurance.

Visiting Team warrants that it is not subject to an ?unresolved? finding for recovery under Ohio
Revised Code Section 9.24. Visiting Team further agrees that if this warranty is deemed to be
false, this Agreement shall be void ab initio as between the parties and Visiting Team shall
immediately repay to OSU any funds paid under this Agreement. or an action for recovery
may be immediately commenced by OSU for the recovery of said funds.

This Agreement is the whole agreement between the two parties. Any additions or
modifications must be in writing and must be signed by both parties. This Agreement shall be
binding only insofar as it is not in conflict with existing or future legislation by state legislatures
or the governing bodies of OSU or the Visiting Team.

The persons executing this agreement on behalf of their respective institutions warrant that
they are duly authorized to do so.

Connecticut General Statutes 43-523, iOa-104. 10a-108, and/or lOa-tSib,
provide the University with authority to enter into contracts in the pursuit of its mission.

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26. Nothing herein shall be construed as a modi?cation, compromise, or waiver by either party or
their respective State of any rights or defense of any immunities provided by federal or state
law which such party (including its reSpective of?cers and employees) may have had. now
have or will have with respect to all matters arising out of this Agreement. To the extent any
claim. including a claim for liquidated damages, is brought against either party under this
Agreement, such claim shall be brought in accordance with the relevant statutory
requirements with respect to the party against whom the claim is sought. To the extent that
this section conflicts with any other section in the Agreement, this section snail govern.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement on the day, month and
year written below.

 

 

 

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Michael Papadakis David Benedict
Senior Vice President for Director of Athletics
Business and Finance and CFO
3/5/2020
Date Date

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