(10-22-2013 03:04 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote: (10-22-2013 01:48 PM)uakronkid Wrote: (10-22-2013 01:35 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote: Is that the one credit generated by the MAC each year? I assume a similar arrangement exists on the football side. If that is the case, then the teams not carrying their weight in either sport should probably "watch out"...
You assume wrong. This is only for basketball.
I thought Kitton was talking one here at one point about about how football has tiered distribution as well based on making bowls etc. Perhaps that was just wishful thinking. I would assume though NIU got a bigger cut of the Orange Bowl money and I don't think anyone else in this league was complaining about the $500K or so additional funds sent their way as a result.
The way it works in a G5 conference is that 1/2 of the BCS bowl money goes to the conference and the other 1/2 to the team. That is why NIU was able to put in so many facility upgrades in the off season.....BCS bowl money.
In football there is 4 components to the CFP payout:
1) The guranteed 12 million for each G5 conference
2) Each FBS school hitting APR targets earns 300,000
3) The 6 million that goes to a conference playing in an access bowl
4) Conference bonus pool that can range from 3 to 15 million.
MAC schools participating in bowls will get paid 400-500k by the league for expenses. That system is already in place. The bonus pool money I see being divided into shares for the schools participating in bowl games with a double share for a school that wins its bowl.
That is why its in the best interest for schools like NIU, Toledo, BG and Ohio to not push for expansion and dilute the shares. Keep the bonus pool money tightly held.