bcoach wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:55 pm
Are there requirements for minimum tickets purchased and hotel rooms guaranteed as there are in other major bowls? Honest question. But really I was refering to major bowls leading up to a NC bowl as we will not be seeing a NC game any time soon. We just don't have the money at this point to get to a NC game.
I'm not sure of ticket requirements for semis/NC but I'd guess it would track like other bowl games and have a minimum purchase requirement. I'm not sure what you mean about not having enough money at this point to get to a NC game. On the off chance App were invited and won the semi in the current model, App would be playing in the NC. I also think our fan base would step up and show out for a NC. Not saying we'd show up like the Bamas, OSU and Clemsons of the world with 40k plus but I think we'd bring 20k+, maybe more if the game were played in Atlanta, to what would likely be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
As for "major bowls", I'm assuming you are speaking of the NY6 games. If that is the case, then the Sun Belt conference would receive $4m for having a rep in the NY6, per the previous link. I do not know the conference's allocation. My best guess is each of the 10 football programs would get an equal share or the Sun Belt will skim some off the top and then distribute equally.
If your question is geared more towards a hypothetical playoff expansion where there would be more "major bowls" incorporated in the playoff set-up, I would guess the CFP payouts would be written in similar to the current model. Basically each conference gets X amount (currently $6m to the conference) for each participant, plus X amount (currently $2.43m) to cover expenses for each playoff game.
For example, in an 8 team set up with App in, (keeping current payouts) the Sun Belt would receive $6m ($600k/program if split equally) while App would receive $2.43m. The minimum App would receive is $3.03m and as high as $7.89m if they made the championship.