Bowl Payouts

You do realize it’s paid to the conference and not the school right?

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You do realize it’s paid to the conference and not the school right?

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Of course I do. You do realize there is still hierarchy and that not every university gets an even split of bowl Payouts, right?

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Of course I do. You do realize there is still hierarchy and that not every university gets an even split of bowl Payouts, right?

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It is an even split for what’s put in the pot. Which is what I’ve always heard, I just didn’t realize you get a percentage off the top for your bowl game.

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It is an even split for what’s put in the pot. Which is what I’ve always heard, I just didn’t realize you get a percentage off the top for your bowl game.

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So if we got $6m and 10% off the top it would be $600k straight into the bank of the UA. Except that would just cover travel, food and hotels.

Taken from a SDS article unless it has recently changed

"After covering a specified amount of travel expenses, most conferences divide all bowl revenue equally between full members (with an equal share calculated in for the conference office), with the SEC being the notable exception.
The SEC exception is 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."


SEC gives us a travel allowance and we either make $1.5 mill or $2.00 mill. depending on where we land in the hierarchy. Less than $4 mill payouts i assume get the basic pot allotment.

Contrary to what you may believe, making more money for the SEC usually nets your university more money

The below is from an SEC document detailing this year's SEC payouts



"For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance of less than $1,500,000, the participating institution shall retain $1,050,000, plus a travel allowance

For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance between $1,500,000 and $3,999,999, the participating institution shall retain $1,325,000, plus a travel allowance

For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance between $4,000,000 and $5,999,999, the participating institution shall retain $1,525,000, plus a travel
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For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance of $6,000,000 or more and all College Football Playoff games, the participating institution shall receive $2,050,000 ($2,050,000 if the SEC team is a participant in the College Football Playoff semi-finals game; an additional $2,150,000 if the SEC team is also a participant in the College Football Playoff championship game, which determines the National
Champion), plus a travel allowance "


So in effect
Bowl Payout <$1.5M, school gets $1.05M
Bowl Payout $1.5M-$3.99M, school gets $1.325M
Bowl Payout $4.0M-5.99M, school gets $1.525M
Bowl Payout <$6.0M, school gets $2.05M
National Championship Game gets school another $2.15M


So net to Arkansas would look something like this:

Citrus Bowl(Big Ten) 2.0 mill
Texas Bowl(Big 12) 2.0 mill
Outback Bowl(Big Ten) 2.0 mill
Music City Bowl(Big Ten) 1.5 mill
Gator Bowl(ACC) 1.5 mill
Dukes Mayo Bowl(ACC) 1.5 mill
Liberty Bowl(Big 12) 1.5 mill
Independence Bowl(ACC) 1.325M
Birmingham Bowl(American) 1.05M

Same. This makes the Texas bowl look a little more appealing. I always gave it a middle to low-middle tier bowl rank. Looks like its more of a high-middle tier.

Texas bowl and Music City are closest to Fayetteville at roughly 8ish hrs, but could argue a lot fans could be drawn to the Citrus in Orlando especially given a strong Big 10 opponent like Michigan State is possible.

I would guess the Texas bowl will also be enticing since it will likely feature someone like Baylor or Oklahoma.

Music City would likely feature Wisconsin or Iowa.

Could argue all are good options for fans.

Arkansas is likely headed to the Liberty, Texas and Music city bowls. If they are in Florida then Arkansas fans will have a poor showing as usual. Arkansas isn't conditioned to save money or plan for major bowls as razorback fans aren't use to that level of consistent success. It is why Big 10 schools like Wisconsin always have large crowds in the Florida or warm climate bowls. They treat it as a vacation while Arkansas fans expect the liberty bowls and drive back home when it's over.

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With Covid etc, it would seemingly be smart to have schools closer for travel etc.

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Rev, Covid is over. Have you even been watching college football?

Stadiums are packed. No masks, except for a few Covidians.

What the hell do the bowl games have to do with Covid bruh?