COLLEGE FOOTBALL: GEORGIA
UGA to pay nearly $1 million to play UNT
By TIM TUCKER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, June 01, 2009
Athens  Georgia will pay North Texas $975,000 to open the 2013 football season in Sanford Stadium  the most UGA has ever guaranteed a visiting team and the latest example of the rising cost of scheduling anticipated easy victories.
According to the contract between UGA and North Texas, obtained by the Journal-Constitution under open-records laws, the teams are to play on Aug. 31, 2013.
Georgia last played New Mexico State in Athens in 2002, winning 41-10. The Bulldogs will pay $925,000 to meet the Aggies again in Athens in 2011.
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Georgia has signed contracts for six home football games over the next five seasons against teams that will not require the Bulldogs to make return engagements on the road. What UGA will pay for those games:
• Tennessee Tech*: $475,000 on Nov. 7, 2009
• Lousiana-Lafayette: $875,000 on Sept. 4, 2010
• Coastal Carolina*: $475,000 on Sept. 17, 2011
• New Mexico State: $925,000 on Nov. 5, 2011
• North Texas: $975,000 on Aug. 31, 2013
• Appalachian State*: $325,000 on Sept. 7, 2013
*  Division I-AA programs
The price surpasses the $925,000 Georgia will pay New Mexico State for a Nov. 5, 2011, game in Sanford Stadium. Louisiana-Lafayette will get $875,000 for coming to Athens for a Sept. 4, 2010, game.
Such prices reflect the rapid rise in the paydays commanded by lower-tier Division I-A programs that are willing to play in a BCS-level opponent’s stadium without demanding a return visit.
For Georgia, the economics make sense because an additional home date nets several million dollars. And for schools like North Texas, the paydays help fund their athletics programs.
“I know there are institutions paying more than $1 million for these games,â€
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