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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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mrydel wrote:Overcusser's pager just went off.

it's pretty scary that guy is supposed to be a police officer.

can you imagine if that whack job pulled you over & you had an SMU bumper sticker on your vehicle?

emmitt is the police officer. Overcusser is just a poor, neglected UNT guy.

Thanks for all the attention guys, but I'm wondering what the article has to do with SMU????

Oh yeah, it's your obsession with the Mean Green.

These Phony fans keep posting about the Mean Green. Thanks OP!

Ahh, there you are, we were wondering how long it would take, for you to grab the bait! We can always depend on you overcusser

I thought this thread was about the success of UNT grads in the leaf-raking business

UNT administration to leverage the money they will be getting from UGA to subsidize a wicked meth habit

I thought TCU had the highest %. They're getting their own dorm...

They should take the money and give it to the music school. At least it would go to good use.