(01-07-2018 11:06 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  

(01-06-2018 06:20 AM)micahandme Wrote:  

(01-05-2018 10:24 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl-schedule/

Seeing that Memphis got paid over 2 million to play Iowa State (the dregs of the P5) in a no-stakes game, I can't fathom a world where the G5 couldn't get 2 million dollars per team for a playoff...and a lot more for their semifinal and finals.

The Liberty contracted out of the other dreg that normally would have gotten the 2 mil I have no problems no seeing the G5 get 2 mil per school for playoffs.. If G4 thinks it will work, do it on your own.. leave AAC out of it.

Something tells me that the total Liberty payout of $4.8m ($2.4m per school) listed here is a mistake. I've never seen the Liberty pay out more than $1.4m per school, up to and including last year (2016-2017), or a total payout of $2.8m. But somehow the total payout increased by a whopping $2 million this past year? Makes me wonder, specially since the sponsor (Autozone) didn't change. Also, despite that apparent very large increase in $$$, the bowl's position in either the Big 12 or SEC selection hierarchy didn't change either, and finally you'd think the SEC would have preferred to give up a lesser-paying bowl if it couldn't fill all its slots rather than lose the now high-paying Liberty Bowl.

Is it possible that somehow the LB found $2m more this past year to pay out? Sure. But it smells funny.