Athletics given $1.3 million from WAC
Monday, Apr. 21, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
Hawaii’s BCS Bowl loss to Georgia gives Nevada most money from WAC payout
The Nevada athletics department received $1,380,377 in 2007-2008 from the Western Athletic Conference, according to a report released at a WAC meeting last week in Salt Lake City.
When Hawaii lost to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, a highly-touted Bowl Championship Series game, some of the $7.6 million Hawaii earned was spread out to other WAC teams.
Nevada, and all other WAC programs, received $410,555 from the total amount. It was the biggest lump sum of the earnings for Nevada.
Nevada Director of Athletics Cary Groth said the money from the past year will go to the department’s operating budget. The budget’s biggest cost is travel.
Nevada ranked third in the WAC in total payout behind Boise State, which made $1,681,956 and ranked second.
The other money from the payout came from other postseason activities involving basketball and television contracts, the report shows.
The Wolf Pack received $349,692 from the NCAA Tournament appearances by the Boise State men’s and Fresno State women’s basketball teams.
Nevada was reimbursed $392,631 for travel by the WAC to attend the New Mexico Bowl.
Nevada made $97,500 from a television contract with ESPN. The money was given as an inconvenience fee for the football team having to play on a day other than the traditional Saturday. Nevada played two games on Friday and one Sunday game last season.
$40,000 was given to every program from New Mexico State for hosting the WAC basketball tournament.
The operations budget pays for travel for all teams, which is one of the biggest costs for the department.
The conference gave out a total of $13,213,238.
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