BCS Conferences Receive $145 Million, Six Times Paid to Others
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The six conferences with guaranteed berths in college football’s Bowl Championship Series will get $145.2 million, almost six times what is paid to five non-qualifier leagues, according to estimates by the BCS office.
The $24.72 million going to the non-qualifying conferences that share revenue from the postseason bowl games is a record, about $720,000 more than the mark set a year ago, the BCS said in a news release. The payments for the BCS conferences jumped $30 million, from $115.2 million.