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The guarantee game is a budget line before it is a fixture
What the road fee pays for, and what it costs. 4 pieces sit in this section; the full roster of the site is on the archive.
Everything in The Money
- 01The road fixture is a budget line before it is a gameA guarantee game pays a visiting programme a fixed fee to travel and, usually, lose. The fee funds the rest of the athletic department.Long read
- 02The fee is spent before the bus leavesThe guarantee covers scholarships, travel and staffing across sports that generate no revenue at all.Short read
- 03A 1972 statute set the arithmetic of a scholarshipTitle IX requires proportionality in athletic opportunity, which is why the roster maths of every department is what it is.Long read
- 04Since 2021 the players can be paid, and the gap widenedName, image and likeness rules from July 2021 let athletes earn, and the effect was largest where the money already was.Short read