Bowl payouts.

[Leroy Jenkins]

More than 100% difference between Gator and Outback. Music City and Outback are much closer in payout. Then there is the day of the week to consider. New Year's Day just "seems" more prestigious.


www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl-schedule/2018/

[redstickdawg]

does it really matter? We get reimbursed our expenses and anything leftover is spread equally within the SEC, correct?

[Leroy Jenkins]

Teams get a share after they deduct expenses. I don't know if non-bowl eligible teams (ole miss) are allowed a share of the SEC welfare distribution.


ETA: Just read SEC splits it 15 ways, one part for each team, and one part for league office.

[BrunswickDawg]

Teams get a share after they deduct expenses. I don't know if non-bowl eligible teams (ole miss) are allowed a share of the SEC welfare distribution.


ETA: Just read SEC splits it 15 ways, one part for each team, and one part for league office.

Not exactly - they have a base payment that everyone gets, then some bonuses for participating in higher bowls and the playoffs.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2017/12/30/college-football-playoff-payouts-by-conference-for-2017-2018/#44a414772704


Note on the SEC's revenue distribution model: For bowl games with receipts of $4,000,000 ? $5,999,999, the participating team retains $1.5 million, plus a travel allowance determined by SEC. For bowl games with receipts of $6 million or more (including all College Football Playoff games), the participating team receives $2.025 million, plus a travel allowance determined by the SEC. If an SEC team makes it to the championship game, it receives another $2.125 million, plus travel allowance.

So if we go Citrus or Outback the difference in $ and the next tier (Liberty, Belk, Music City, Texas) is only $500k plus a travel allowance based on the SEC bowl revenue sharing formula. Maybe $750k - $1m total?

[sleepy dawg]

The difference is we would net about an additional $525,000 by going to the higher tier bowl like outback over gator.