but then I got thinking about it. What a way to fund your program!!!! Hey, schedule Indiana State!!!! If those major schools want to schedule the Sycamores bad enough, just let them ante up!!!! Indiana State should hold out for the very best guarantees from every so-called major school that may want to play them.
In years past, when ISU played major schools in football, the Sycamores would often settle for less of a guarantee than other I-AA schools would for playing the same opponent or type of opponent. Indiana State was basically screwing itself out of more lucrative deals by settling for less.
So since the Sycamores are such an easy opponent, then pay for the priviledge of facing Indiana State. Then ISU can take that money, put the majority of it back into the football program and help pay for things that the program needs.
One caveat, though. If ISU is getting big paydays from those schools for playing them in football, then the football program should get the biggest share of that money reinvested back. In the past, the football program would take the risk (of injuries to key players) by playing those major schools but wouldn't partake in the benefits of the monies brought in by playing those type of games.
