How much do they get paid?

[godd2]

Does anyone have an idea of how much teams like western kentucky get paid to play at nebraska now? I seem to remember it was always said that teams like this paid for their football program with a game against NU.

 

[Husker_x]

I want to say a couple hundred thousand, but that might be way off base.

 

[HuskerinHouston]

Ask and you shall receive...

2010 non conference pay day

@ $800,000 for Western and Idaho

@ $375,000 for SDSU

Thank Pederson for this! But it is not a bad payday for any team.

Looks like payouts are only going up.

 

[Blackshirt316]

Payouts to junk teams are getting ridiculous. This is one of the reasons the B10 is looking at going to a 9 game conference schedule.

 

[I See Red People]

I'd take 800K to come to Lincoln and have my butt kicked. That's a win win right there.

 

[brophog]

This is one of the reasons the B10 is looking at going to a 9 game conference schedule.

It is also a big reason that the PAC 10 was thinking of dropping their 9 game schedule before the realignment talk began.

They were hurting their chances at postseason access and making less money by not being able to schedule an extra yearly home game. A 9 game schedule means every other year you max out at 4 conference home games, with only 3 possible dates for future home games. An 8 game rotation means those that like to dine on cupcakes can have 8 home games.

The price impact depends on who you are. If you have a 50,000 seat stadium, a million dollars to bring in a Sun Belt opponent is rather pricy. At 100,000......you gladly pay it. You're making more money on that home game than if you didn't have an extra home game.

It comes down to supply and demand. Lower level D1A teams are the best opponents in terms of ranking implications per risk, but there aren't nearly enough for all of the upper tier schools to possibly schedule. Something has to give. Its another in a long line of consequences of having super-conferences.