football as a money maker.....

[TJames]

from college football talk.com.....

N.Texas Has 975,000 Reasons To Visit UGA
Posted by John Taylor on June 1, 2009, 7:58 p.m.
Last season, Division 1-A North Texas finished with a very Huskyesque record of 1-11.

While no one knows how they will fare in 2013, we do know this: their athletic department will be $975,000 richer.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, that’s the amount of money Georgia is paying the tiny school to visit Sanford Stadium four years from now.

As BcS teams seek to fatten up their home schedules on non-BcS teams and lower-tier division schools, those “lightweights” schools have suddenly been placed in a position of power. They know that The Big Boys are desperate to dole out home games every season to fatten both their seasonal home take and win totals — unless you are Michigan facing App State and Toledo, of course.

Thus, the cost of getting these schools for no-return home game is rising and rising. And the athletic directors know it.

“I know there are institutions paying more than $1 million for these games,” Georgia AD Damon Evans told the paper. “That will drive the market and set the standard.

“[The smaller schools] know we need them. They are in a very, very good position. The market is very competitive.”

The nearly $1 million is the most Georgia has ever paid for one game, eclipsing the mark of $925,000 to New Mexico State for a home game in 2011.

Just five years ago, Evans said, the cost of these types of games was around $500,000.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

North Texas is also doing this because they are building a new stadium. They were the program I pointed to when I was discussing getting a new stadium on campus. The SGA and students pushed the costs on to themselves to get it done.

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[4Q_iu]

Are State students in favor of an on-campus stadium?

Know the kids voted themselves a bill for the Student Rec Center; anyone know if
they're in favor of an on-campus football stadium? Better than the current situation

 

[bent20]

The Tribstar story about Selena Roberts' article did list ISU football's revenue and expenses and from what I recall the expenses exceeded the revenue by about $1 million. I know ISU football can be a revenue generator, but is it right now?

 

[Jason Svoboda]

The Tribstar story about Selena Roberts' article did list ISU football's revenue and expenses and from what I recall the expenses exceeded the revenue by about $1 million. I know ISU football can be a revenue generator, but is it right now?

Of course it isn't and that's the slippery slope.

On one hand, how can you get better without truly investing in the program with a legit stadium, paying coaches competitively and the like. But on the other, how do you bring in the funds when the current stadium is empty, you've got little (or nothing) coming from corporate sponsorships, so on and so forth.

 

[Daveinth]

I feel part of the overall problem is what press we do get i.e games on TV .We only get home games televised. Well its hard enough to sell tickets to a losing program .However when you offer this same game on TV then people are not going to come out to the game . The same problem I have with the televised home game in basketball . Leave the home game alone televise the game where most of us cannot follow and you might strum up some more butts in those empty seats when we are home. Don't get me wrong I love that we get some games however i want seats filled , tailgating to see the band playing .

 

[Jason Svoboda]

I feel part of the overall problem is what press we do get i.e games on TV .We only get home games televised. Well its hard enough to sell tickets to a losing program .However when you offer this same game on TV then people are not going to come out to the game . The same problem I have with the televised home game in basketball . Leave the home game alone televise the game where most of us cannot follow and you might strum up some more butts in those empty seats when we are home. Don't get me wrong I love that we get some games however i want seats filled , tailgating to see the band playing .

Excellent points. Unless sellouts, all home games should not be televised.

 

[Sycamore Proud]

I wonder how much the athletic department gets for the rights to the home games? It has always made sense to televise road games instead of home games.

 

[IndyTreeFan]

The athletic department is currently negotiating a new radio and TV contract. Look for it to include (hopefully) basketball, football, and baseball. Trust RP, guys, he knows what he's doing...:wordyo:

:sycamores::sycamores::sycamores:

 

[Sycamore Proud]

If I were being recruited by ISU and was told I had my choice of playing in Butler bowl or at Happy Valley I know which I would prefer. I would enjoy the trip east and enjoy the big time experience. I would play to the best of my ability, no matter the score. I would hold my head high and be most thankful for the opportunity. I believe competitive men share this outlook on life. That's why money games help recruiting.