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Huskie Bowl III is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Huskie Stadium. Admission for fans is free.
Football set to make $550K from non-conference games Frank Gogola Sports Editor T @FrankGogola
DeKalb | Football will generate a net $555,000 in guaranteed money through its four 2015 nonconference games. The payments from one school to another for non-conference games — referred to as guarantee game money or guaranteed money — mainly help offset the away teams’ cost of travel, said Athletic Director Sean Frazier. Guarantee game money can also help fund the football program for road teams, which get to keep the money left after travel expenses are paid for, and home teams, which make money off of tickets and gameday expenses by fans. Guarantee games on the Sean Frazier road are also a Athletic Director way to help fund an entire athletic department for smaller schools from the Football Championship Subdivision or Div. II, which generally receive larger paydays — that are more highly publicized — because of the home team’s perceived chance at an easy victory. The Huskies will pay $695,000 for their two non-conference home games and bring in $1.25 million for their two non-conference road games. The majority of the net money from the non-conference football games will go back to the football program, Frazier said. “We take care of the football program; that’s our primary responsibility,” Frazier said. “We look at guarantees to make sure that we are pumping the dollars back in for the quality experiences to student-athletes. [The] football program has lots of different moving parts, and it’s a big operation. It principally goes to the debt service of the program itself.
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Redshirt junior quarterback Drew Hare scans the field in a game against the Central Michigan Chippewas on Oct. 11 at Huskie Stadium. When Hare and the Huskies play their two non-conference road games in 2015 the Athletic Department will pull in $1.25 million in guaranteed money.
“If there are monies that are left over in any regard that’s dispersed for the general operation of the Athletic Department, and that could mean support of other areas of the Athletic Department. But, principally, the money goes back to the operation of the football program.” Nevada-Las Vegas The Huskies will pay the Rebels $300,000 for their trip to Huskie Stadium on Sept. 5 for the season opener. NIU received a $300,000 payment from the Rebels last season for its trip to Las Vegas. While the numbers wash out each other, the payment to NIU last season helped offset its travel costs, and the payment to the Rebels this season will fund their travel costs, Frazier said. Leftover money can be used as the programs see fit. Murray State The Racers, the Huskies’ lone FCS opponent of the season, will receive a $395,000 payment for their Sept. 12 trip to Huskie Stadium. The Huskies aren’t scheduled to make a future trip to Murray State, hence a larger payout than the one given to the Rebels, which was a home-and-home series. The away schools tend to get a higher monetary
Guarantee game money • $300K to Nevada-Las Vegas • $395K to Murray State • $900K from Ohio State • $350K from Boston College payment when the home teams don’t make a return trip because there’s the loss of a chance for the original road team to make money and get exposure off of a home game, Frazier said. Ohio State The defending national champion Buckeyes will provide the Huskies with a payday of $900,000 for NIU’s Sept. 19 trip to Columbus, Ohio. This game was scheduled in January 2010 with no return trip to DeKalb for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes boast a trio of quarterbacks in Braxton Miller, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones who could start for nearly any team in the country, but none has been named the starter yet. When the five-time defending MAC West champion Huskies play their first road game of the season they’ll look to take Ohio State’s money and a victory.
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