With them not wanting to issue refunds and give money back.

Nothing more, nothing less.

cancelling, or whether it is the (actual) Irish coordinators cancelling this event, nothing more, nothing less.

Issuing refunds and giving money back is a separate issue entirely, but one that might wind up depending on how the above plays out.

Dublin and/or Notre Dame (and Navy to a lesser extent) don't want to be responsible for picking up the entire tab on the mess, so now it's become a game of chicken to see who will blink first.

I'm sure that the longer this goes on, the more likely the two parties are to come to an actual agreement.

I'm very comfortable they are holding out as long as possible so as not to issue refunds. It's been their MO with everything they've postponed, etc.

Oh, I know you gave us a lot of money for those George Strait tickets. How about we just postpone it, keep that money for the year, and the tickets will be good next year. Oh wait, you want a refund? OK, well we will give you your money back, but you can't have these seats next year.


Notre Dame's money grubbing has been laid bare for all to see by this. It's unseemly.

If they had an ounce of decency among the leadership, they'd issue refunds, and still give everyone the option to buy back in, if things actually take place. That's not their MO though. If the Navy game is rescheduled/postponed, they will absolutely push to just have the money paid be "good" for that game next year or in a couple of years. Which is utter bullshit. If you do ask for a refund, they will quickly remind you, you'll be "out" for that next game, as if there is some FOMO that's going to make you change your mind and let them keep your money for some long amount of time.

Given how electronic everything is, there is no reason they can't issue full refunds, then ramp back up once they know what is actually going on. But that's not the ND way. They have made it clear, they want to hang onto that cash for as long as possible. This is basically the ticket lottery on steroids.

than previously.

Previously you mailed in a check in April or so (which was cashed and could earn interest in the 5-10% range) and if you didn't win, you got the money back (less the "shipping and handling") in August perhaps on an ND check?

It took years (YEARS!) for ND to discover credit cards and realize they could just charge the card after you won. It was unbelievable how long they delayed that process.

Put that at the top of my list of things not to watch.