University of Iowa associate athletic director Mark Abbott said his university had not heard that Ball State University coach Stan Parrish wanted to move the game between the two schools scheduled for next year.
The Star Press reported the story Wednesday and later in the day Abbott told The Ball State Daily News he had not heard of Ball State's wishes.
"I haven't talked to anyone at Ball State," he said.
Ball State is contracted to play at Iowa Sept. 25, 2010 and 2014, according to documents obtained through the Indiana Access to Public Records Act. Ball State will receive $800,000 for the first game and at least as much for the second game. It would cost Ball State $800,000 to buy out the contract.
"I'm not even focused on money," Tom Collins, Ball State director of athletics said.
Abbott said it was unlikely a change to the game would take place.
"We have a contract," Abbott said. "It doesn't happen a lot."
Parrish declined an interview request for this story, but the original report said Parrish didn't want to play at Purdue University and Iowa, two Big Ten schools, on back-to-back Saturdays. The Purdue game is scheduled for Sept. 18.
The contract with Iowa was signed March 27, after the Purdue contract. Collins said both he and Parrish knew that the games would be on back-to-back weekends.
Collins said he is more focused on finalizing the last non-conference game for 2010, which he hopes to do in the next week to 10 days.
"I'm trying to finish the schedule for next year," Collins said. "Once I finish the schedule in total, I'll look at all the options."
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