(08-03-2013 02:52 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote: (08-03-2013 02:38 PM)Cyniclone Wrote: (08-03-2013 11:59 AM)Longhorn Wrote: (08-03-2013 10:56 AM)ODUalum78 Wrote: Or when GaSo's TO gained more yardage, and scored more on Alabama than anyone else had in years....
Or when App St beat UMich.....
Or when some rural Va school beat mighty Va Tech....
Yeah...so why is your AD such a chickena$$ about scheduling a tough opponent?
I guess if you're going to get a $1M game, better it be against an opponent where you feel like you have at least a puncher's chance than one against the NFC South preseason favorites. We may love our ODU Labralions, but in no way is this or next year's team Alabama-ready.
Interesting that Georgia State is playing Alabama AND West Virginia and only getting a combined $1.2M for them.
Can a team command more based off of a projected fan base brought with them?
Can a team command more based off of a projected fan base brought with them?
When you are talking about Alabama, West Virginia or other BCS, tier one programs it would make no difference. Those schools are so established and already have fantastic attendance for home games. In realty they only offer a handful of tickets to the visiting school, anyway. I would image that is has absolutely nothing to do with the amount of the guarantee payout for those schools.
Remember the guarantee game(s) are usually negotiated when the home school will not agree to a home and home. Most FBS and BCS schools draw a very distinctive line in the sand for home and home contracts. Historically they schedule guarantee games with tier two FBS schools when they need to fill in an opening in their schedule. They typically have no desire or interest in a home and home with said school. They have in the past scheduled FCS programs for the same reason. Obviously FBS schools have been paid more than FCS schools. That may change in the future. It appears that BCS schools will look for any advantage they can get to give them a better strength of schedule. Especially if we continue to head toward a future playoff system that leads to an on the field crowning of a National Championship (maybe 6 -10 years in the future). If that happens you will see less and less FCS schools playing BCS schools.
An example might be:
SEC Football guidelines
1) Home and home with OOC schools they have an established rivalry with.
2) OOC tier one schools
3) 50,000 seat stadium or larger.
4) OOC games with any tier one level program where they feel they may potentially receive a future recruiting edge or visibility for the program.
ACC Football Guidelines might be:
1) Home and home with schools they have an established rivalry with.
2) Schools they feel they may potentially receive any future recruiting edge or visibility for their program.
3) 35,000 seat stadium or larger.
4) Regional or travel considerations.
If there is no home and home contract negotiated. Then I would think potential fans, or how well an FBS school travels might come into play with schools like Duke, Wake Forest or Temple.
I know in ODU's case we are hoping to contract home and home only with FBS and BCS schools in the future. Obviously there will always be exceptions. The fact that we are just jumping into the FBS pool we know that BCS will have to be negotiated on a case by case basis.
ODU is paying a few of the FCS schools that are coming to SB Ballard this year. Norfolk State is the one exception, we have a home and home that has been negotiated and re-negotiated several times.
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Paydays once we are FBS
