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The smaller schools call them āmoney games,ā and essentially what they amount to is taking a beating from a larger program in return for checks that reach $400,000 and higher.
[QUOTE=thelew1014;339524]My only hope is that we donāt allow our first ever game to be a money game. If our first game isnāt at home, that would be a travesty.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=stonecoldken;339517]I want us to get paid by [B]UCLA/So Cal[/B], [B]Hawaii[/B], UCF, [B]UNLV[/B], or U of Miami. Those are cool places to visit.[/QUOTE]
You wonāt make much money making those trips after the expenses are paid.
Another issue is having the capacity in order to pay someone to play.
Hereās a basketball example of Charlotte paying a team vs UNC-Chapel Hill paying a team, $40,000 to play.
9,100 seats, 4500 of which canāt be sold at $25.00 each totals $115,000, net $75,000
21,750 seats, 3000 of which canāt be sold at $25.00 each totals $468,750, net $428,750
I also just thought of this question. Does the money game concept apply to other sports(non-basketball, football) or is it really just limited to those 2? Maybe this is something Coach Lipsitz could answer or someone else who has knowledge.
Chapel Hell would probably demand a discount because theyād claim they were doing us a "favor."
Theyād offer everyone else $850K, & try to stiff us for $700K.
I say we play our first game at home, then fill the rest of our non-conference schedule with money gamesā¦ that will flatten out the profit curve for us a bit.
[QUOTE=thelew1014;339535]I say we play our first game at home, then fill the rest of our non-conference schedule with money gamesā¦ that will flatten out the profit curve for us a bit.[/QUOTE]
being that we would likely play as a 1-AA independent, that would give us a total of 1 home game. uh oh.