Duck Dodgers
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Obliviously the colleges lose out on a lot of money from no home games - tickets, food and drink, parking, etc.
But with regards to not having televised games for the Big 10 and PAC, who's taking the hit? Do the schools still receive payment from the TV networks, under some cancellation clause, or are payments suspended as there's nothing to televise?
Are the networks still on the hook for the contracted amounts, or no play no pay aspect here? I wonder if anyone has insurance to cover their losses?
I would assume the hit is to the schools. The networks can justifiably say they contracted for football games to be televised, and with nothing to show, they don't have to pay anything to the school or conference.
Since football funds every other sport save basketball (and often that's a money loser too), how are athletic departments, which I wound't think have a rainy day fund to cover things like this, going to pay for things? Coaches salaries, athletes room / board / tutor / bail fees are going to be the same, as well as upkeep on all equipment and infrastructure. Are the schools going to ask the academic side of things for money, take out loans, beg alumni for money? I wonder if they go to the coaches and ask them for a reduction in salary for this year, though the coaches could contractually say they're ready to coach games and so it's not their responsibility to cover the gap.
Football is such a driver of college athletic funding, it's hard to see how they make it till next year without getting money from other sources.
But with regards to not having televised games for the Big 10 and PAC, who's taking the hit? Do the schools still receive payment from the TV networks, under some cancellation clause, or are payments suspended as there's nothing to televise?
Are the networks still on the hook for the contracted amounts, or no play no pay aspect here? I wonder if anyone has insurance to cover their losses?
I would assume the hit is to the schools. The networks can justifiably say they contracted for football games to be televised, and with nothing to show, they don't have to pay anything to the school or conference.
Since football funds every other sport save basketball (and often that's a money loser too), how are athletic departments, which I wound't think have a rainy day fund to cover things like this, going to pay for things? Coaches salaries, athletes room / board / tutor / bail fees are going to be the same, as well as upkeep on all equipment and infrastructure. Are the schools going to ask the academic side of things for money, take out loans, beg alumni for money? I wonder if they go to the coaches and ask them for a reduction in salary for this year, though the coaches could contractually say they're ready to coach games and so it's not their responsibility to cover the gap.
Football is such a driver of college athletic funding, it's hard to see how they make it till next year without getting money from other sources.
