Interesting. Not sure, because lots of teams in conferences play these games.

Jun 26, 2019
9:09:14am

Scratch All-American

Maybe you're right that ESPN helps out. Of course, the flip side is that these games probably cost BYU some good home games, which ESPN would have the rights to for far less money, so you'd think ESPN would be somewhat disincentivized. Who knows.

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According to Brad Rock in the DNews, BYU will make more than AAC teams

inertiaman

6/25/19 9:08pm

What “guaranteed money against P5 schools” is he talking about? There is no

Scratch

6/25/19 9:25pm

Scratch is right.

Lynk

6/25/19 9:29pm

Both schools got money for the LSU game.

molodyets

6/25/19 10:00pm

Yep, like I said, both teams get paid for neutral site games, but they don't get

Scratch

6/25/19 10:33pm

Scratch is wrong.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 10:22am

*Sigh* No, I'm right, I specifically talked about those one-off games and the

Scratch

6/26/19 10:35am

Okay, $1 million from Nebraska and $1.3 million from Michigan.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 10:43am

Exactly. And again, the point is that that money is good, but it means that BYU

Scratch

6/26/19 10:47am

And we all know BYU makes no money from home games.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 10:48am

Of course it does. But the point is that BYU makes that money for home games

Scratch

6/26/19 10:55am

They only play one FCS team a year.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 11:02am

It's a one-to-one transaction. Every time BYU gets a payday for playing an

Scratch

6/26/19 11:10am

I understand that, but there are still contractional terms we don't know about.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 11:22am

I doubt that. I've seen a lot of these contracts and there's not much to them.

Scratch

6/26/19 11:30am

They make a lot less when it is Savannah State or UMASS and nobody comes.

ochobeeguy

6/26/19 8:39pm

Scratch is absolutely Right. Come on people. This isn't rocket science.

FanofBYU

6/26/19 12:20pm

I'm glad scratch is so invested in BYU athletics. You might even say he is fully invested.

kccougar

6/29/19 2:12pm

Is he not a BYU fan?

Jeffacka

6/29/19 2:36pm

Could mean any neutral site venue games like those played in NFL stadiums where

DJROSS

6/26/19 6:44am

I assume that’s what he meant, and covered it in my post. As I noted, those

Scratch

6/26/19 8:18am

I think it is more about being invited. BYU's Indy status gives ESPN the

DJROSS

6/26/19 8:39am

Interesting. Not sure, because lots of teams in conferences play these games.

Scratch

6/26/19 9:09am

I think it all has to do with branding. BYU is strong enough for ESPN to brand

DJROSS

6/26/19 11:54am

All those facts and logic just go over the head of INDY lovers. They only hear

blackshirts

6/25/19 10:11pm

RE: All those facts and logic just go over the head of INDY lovers. They only hear

mulletino

6/25/19 10:28pm

RE: All those facts and logic just go over the head of INDY lovers. They only

Oranje

6/25/19 10:47pm

Two can twist facts...

blackshirts

6/26/19 8:27am

RE: Two can twist facts...

DJROSS

6/26/19 9:34am

Male cow crap?

YIsForBrigham

6/26/19 10:46am

RE: Two can twist facts...

Oranje

6/26/19 1:52pm

RE: Two can twist facts...

kahuna

6/26/19 3:50pm

Take your MWC dreams and go cheer for USU

Y4LYFE

6/25/19 11:16pm

AAC yes.... Tough Guy!!!

blackshirts

6/26/19 8:40am

as much 'facts and logic' in the MWC argument as in anything Ben Shapiro says

Dissenter

6/26/19 9:42am

If you look at where MWC teams wound up playing their bowl games

FanofBYU

6/26/19 12:23pm

It's all relative. Is it a step up from the MWC? Sure, but that doesn't matter

Dissenter

6/26/19 12:55pm

It absolutely does if they are winning and playing in NY6 bowls. There is

FanofBYU

6/26/19 1:40pm

Meh. We could still play pac schools in September

Josef K

6/25/19 10:12pm

Hooray! More money! This is main reason I’m a fan!! GOOOO COUGARS!!

Traveshamockery

6/25/19 11:00pm

RE: According to Brad Rock in the DNews, BYU will make more than AAC teams

Zach Morris

6/25/19 11:20pm

Wait, I thought we hated Brad Rock?

SJS

6/26/19 7:26am

"According to Brad Rock" ... okay not official.

ThorLebowski

6/26/19 3:33pm

Brad's not an idiot...

UberDeek

6/26/19 3:40pm

who said he was?

ThorLebowski

6/26/19 3:41pm

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