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Originally posted by USCTKE
it would be better if every politician in the state was concerned about other things rather than who USC plays in football (afterall this whole series of scheduling Div-1AA teams started after some politician starting complaining about the fact that except for rare occassions we never played those teams)
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The reality is that this change probably has more to do with the fact that the NCAA changed the rules regarding how D1-AA wins count toward bowl-eligible status - since bowl games are HUGE cash cows, it's easy to see why the influx of these games has started.
I can list dozens of similar stories, if you'd like, but I think that's pretty clear . . .
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Originally posted by PerfectVerse06
I thought the debate was on the amount of tickets State would get, not the amount of money...or am I lost?
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No, you're not - the two issues have been slightly confused . . . SC State is guaranteed a certain amount of money as an 'appearance fee' just for playing - in this case, people have pointed out that SC State is getting a comensurate amount to what USC has given other D1-AA programs to try to point out that USC is not 'discriminating' against SC State.
This particular point really holds no importance at all, so I can see how you'd get confused - it doesn't really address the issues raised in the OP.
However, similar to above, I think it is clear that the decisions being made are primarily made with (overall) monetary issues in mind - for instance, if the USC/SC State game is going to sell out anyway, there's not much reason (monetarily) for USC to give SC State a larger-than-average allotment of tickets. Big-time college football essentially pays for other, smaller sports - athletic departments are forced to wring as much cash out as possible.
Really, it's for this reason that I can see why SC State wants more tickets, and why (in an ideal world) this game could be used to reach out to both a 1-AA school and a potential 'rival' (as well as introducing the unique elements of an HBCU football experience to an SEC crowd) . . . but if you follow the dollars, I can also see why that's not happening. It doesn't really scream of ulterior motive, past simply wringing more blood from the stone.
-RC
--Don't get me started on Title IX . . . kidding!