When the Oklahoma Sooners traveled to El Paso, Texas, and put up an astonishing 34 runs against UTEP, they weren’t getting paid to be there.
A records request obtained by Softball On SI revealed that nowhere in their contractual agreement to play each other did UTEP pay Patty Gasso’s eight-time national championship team to come play, nor were they entitled to receive complimentary tickets for their own fans and family to be in the stands.
Instead, the Sooners smoked the Miners at home for free in five explosive innings. Three of those innings saw eight runs, then 12 runs, then 14 runs…