Did not have the right to simply not pay them after a different team played in the game. 2021 was canceled due to alleged COVID. 2022 they played. Holiday bowl says we didn’t make money last year but still had expenditures so we aren’t paying this year. I could see them suing for the 2021 if they can prove somehow that UCLA could have played but that is highly unlikely since it is a California state school and they probably are still requiring masks in LA County (partially joking here).

I don’t see how the holiday bowl can say we had a contract you played the game but we aren’t paying because last year we lost money.

Also PAC12 is an absolute train wreck right now from top to bottom. The only question is can they put the pieces back together before teams bolt? I don’t see it happening but good luck to them.