WAC: Pack's payout from league takes dip
The Western Athletic Conference issued its annual disbursement checks and the Nevada Wolf Pack will be cashing in a little more than $1 million.
Wolf Pack athletic director Cary Groth said Tuesday -- the final day of the fiscal year -- that Nevada will get nearly $1.1 million. That figure is down from an estimated $1.4 million the department received last year, a downward trend most of the WAC schools are experiencing.
Groth said conference disbursement checks reflect: Bowl Championship Series payments; travel expense for bowl games; WAC basketball tournament money; men's NCAA Tournament shares; television payouts; and other revenues.
The dip in the value of disbursement checks this season -- the conference paid a little more than $9 million to its nine schools -- is in part attributed to a lower BCS payment.
Unlike the previous two seasons, no WAC team reached a BCS bowl. Groth said the BCS payment the previous two years was around $410,000, but that figure dipped to $285,000 this year, according to the WAC.
While Nevada's disbursement check dipped a little this year, it should go back up next season.
Each WAC school will share a $1 million signing bonus from ESPN as part of the conference's television contract extension, Groth said. The extension was signed last September and runs through April 2017.
Additionally, WAC teams get $75,000 for playing non-Saturday football games. With Nevada having four of those on its 2009 schedule, the Wolf Pack can expect a $225,000 payment for those non-traditional games.
WAC payouts
The payouts each WAC school received for the 2008-09 fiscal year
School Payout
1. Boise State $1,340,000
2. Fresno State $1,210,000
3t. Hawaii $1,120,000
3t. Louisiana Tech $1,120,000
5. Nevada $1,060,000
6. San Jose State $875,000
7. Utah State $855,000
8. New Mexico State $735,000
9. Idaho $730,000
Source: Honolulu Advertiser via the WAC
Where the money comes from?
The conference disbursement checks reflect: Bowl Championship Series payments; travel expense for bowl games; WAC basketball tournament money; men's NCAA Tournament shares; television payouts; and other revenues. The WAC paid out a little more than $9 million to its nine institutions.
The Western Athletic Conference issued its annual disbursement checks and the Nevada Wolf Pack will be cashing in a little more than $1 million.
Wolf Pack athletic director Cary Groth said Tuesday -- the final day of the fiscal year -- that Nevada will get nearly $1.1 million. That figure is down from an estimated $1.4 million the department received last year, a downward trend most of the WAC schools are experiencing.
Groth said conference disbursement checks reflect: Bowl Championship Series payments; travel expense for bowl games; WAC basketball tournament money; men's NCAA Tournament shares; television payouts; and other revenues.
The dip in the value of disbursement checks this season -- the conference paid a little more than $9 million to its nine schools -- is in part attributed to a lower BCS payment.
Unlike the previous two seasons, no WAC team reached a BCS bowl. Groth said the BCS payment the previous two years was around $410,000, but that figure dipped to $285,000 this year, according to the WAC.
While Nevada's disbursement check dipped a little this year, it should go back up next season.
Each WAC school will share a $1 million signing bonus from ESPN as part of the conference's television contract extension, Groth said. The extension was signed last September and runs through April 2017.
Additionally, WAC teams get $75,000 for playing non-Saturday football games. With Nevada having four of those on its 2009 schedule, the Wolf Pack can expect a $225,000 payment for those non-traditional games.
WAC payouts
The payouts each WAC school received for the 2008-09 fiscal year
School Payout
1. Boise State $1,340,000
2. Fresno State $1,210,000
3t. Hawaii $1,120,000
3t. Louisiana Tech $1,120,000
5. Nevada $1,060,000
6. San Jose State $875,000
7. Utah State $855,000
8. New Mexico State $735,000
9. Idaho $730,000
Source: Honolulu Advertiser via the WAC
Where the money comes from?
The conference disbursement checks reflect: Bowl Championship Series payments; travel expense for bowl games; WAC basketball tournament money; men's NCAA Tournament shares; television payouts; and other revenues. The WAC paid out a little more than $9 million to its nine institutions.
