Dumb bowl question

On the AP bowl glance it lists the payouts. That's PER TEAM, right?

 

Yes, Henry, that is per team. However, they do usually have to share it with the rest of the conference except for, obviously, Notre Dame.

 

So Vandy, Ole Miss and Miss. State get to share in the bowl money despite bringing nothing to the pot themselves.

 

Pretty much, yeah, as I understand it. I read a story about South Florida's upset over West Virginia costing the conference a ton of money from bowls because the Mountaineers would have been a lock for a second Big East BCS berth at 11-1 with a loss to Louisville.

 

This part I know more about ... a certain amount comes out for expenses, then all the rest goes into a pool that's divided (in the case of the SEC) 13 ways – one share for each school and one share for the league office.

A very tidy sum, Mr. Bigglesworth.

 

In the Big East, the payouts are staggered based on the total bowl take ... first place gets x amount, second less, third less, but every team gets something. And yes, the pool would have been larger had WVU received one of the at-large berths, so South Florida's victory ended up costing South Florida, too.

 

In other years, it's been other schools who brought nothing to the party.
And in other sports, there's other SEC schools who fail to produce any NCAA money.
It all spreads out nicely, if you look at it realistically.

 

Boise State gets screwed more than anyone. A $14 million payout turns into $3.5 million after it's all said and done.

 

Maybe New Mexico State can actually win a couple of games now.

 

Let 'em try operating without a conference family.
They'd sink.
Conferences are based on these share-all principals. And it's good that they are.

 

And, if I recall correctly, teams in NCAA hot water lose at least a part of their share. I think this happened to Alabama at one point, and I know it cost Miss. State some cash after Jackie fled town.

 

I should know whether this is accurate but I don't
Makes sense to withhold from the lawbreakers, though.
Wonder how the old Southwest Conference used to handle these situations.
Nobody gets any money????