Buy games

[wh]

From the Wessler article I referenced in the HL OOC thread:

After road games at Memphis and Kansas State, the Braves break eight days for semester final exams. Eureka provides a shake-off-the-rust contest before heading to Las Vegas for a holiday tournament. Eureka also is a cheap date. Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but you can be sure the Red Devils will receive a tiny fraction of the $80,000-plus it can take to buy a low-Division I opponent.

Read more: http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140707/Sports/140709371#ixzz39M16h0nF

Maybe I'm the only one, but I did not know mid-major teams had to "buy" low major teams @ up to $80,000+... 

...and, now knowing that...

...is that the reason teams (including ours) are opting to fill out home schedules with non-D-1's? 

Is it all about money?

[Big D]

From the Wessler article I referenced in the HL OOC thread:

After road games at Memphis and Kansas State, the Braves break eight days for semester final exams. Eureka provides a shake-off-the-rust contest before heading to Las Vegas for a holiday tournament. Eureka also is a cheap date. Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but you can be sure the Red Devils will receive a tiny fraction of the $80,000-plus it can take to buy a low-Division I opponent.

Read more: http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140707/Sports/140709371#ixzz39M16h0nF

Maybe I'm the only one, but I did not know mid-major teams had to "buy" low major teams @ up to $80,000+... 

...and, now knowing that...

...is that the reason teams (including ours) are opting to fill out home schedules with non-D-1's? 

Is it all about money?

It is all about the money, but that figure sounds pretty high.  If you look at some of the reported figures from last season it looks like most BCS schools offer between 75-100K for a buy game vs. a good mid-major.  Mid-majors usually pay low majors between 40-50K to be bought.  A D2 or NAIA team can be bought for 25$.   

[Big D]

If you go to basketball traveler's scheduling board and select guarantee offer as game type, you can see what I am talking about.  Most posts just say large guarantee offered, but some give figures.  Tennessee, for example is offering 80K for an in state school and 85K for an out of state school.  Nebraska and Minnesota are also offering a six figure guarantee.   

http://www.basketballtravelers.com/game-schedule-board/?e_type=1

[wh]

Interesting.  Also interesting to see what HL teams are looking for...

[vu72]

So, it appear we are all set as we have nothing posted.  Expect the schedule tomorrow!   

[wh]

Actually, it shows that we're still looking for opponents for 2 games. 

Select "any" under "Game Type," select "Valparaiso" under "University," and click on "Apply."