UC Davis Future FBS Matchups
  • AggieFinn
    959
    Going through the future visits here - Not sure what the payouts are at this point. Seems fair, most fans didn't appreciate the under-payout from SMU going all the way to Dallas, to be in life threatening heat and get thumped by 46 points, all for a slightly below average deal against a P4 opponent that has an 8 figure player payroll. Going forward these are the @ FBS games that Davis will wrangle, somebody supplement the theoretical vs. and @ NDSU matchups... however... now that the Bison are officially in the Mountain West is that home/home now void?

    8/28/2027 @ UCLA
    9/2/2028 @ Washington State
    9/1/2029 @ UCLA
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  • ucdtim17
    38
    IIRC the NDSU contract contained an out if either school jumped to FBS so I think it is void
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  • AggieFinn
    959
    ↪ucdtim17


    There it is - contract with the Bison void going forward.

    So looks like we have 3 pretty good match-ups in the next three years...this includes a Big 10 opponent for two of them, so, given that massive tv contract that Big 10 teams get - there should be a sizable payday coming to Davis for both games, right?
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  • Pacifico2
    314
    UCLA's current payroll is estimated at $24m, anywhere from $2-4m higher than SMU. To be expected for a Big10 program over an ACC program, especially with the TV money, but I would take SMU everyday over UCLA at this juncture on the field.

    Wazzu didn't have an NIL valuation that I could find, but I didn't spend much time looking.
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  • SochorField
    672
    UCLA is a 70-10 game
    By 2028 WSU is probably a 70-10 game

    UCLA game might be nice for alums and recruiting (but not if we lose 70-10).

    These games better PAY.
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  • MTBAggie
    298
    What's the bet on Caden still being at WSU in 2028?
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  • AggieFinn
    959
    ↪MTBAggie


    Well, at this rate, that'd take a lot of faith and play blessed by Kirby Moore. FBS is cutthroat - you don't get 2 or 3 years to figure it out, you gotta find a way to win. FCS isn't much different.
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  • Riveraggie
    448
    ↪AggieFinn

    According to Google’s AI, citing public record request by UCLA Wire:
    “While the public records request details for the 2027 game's specific payout amount have not been explicitly published, public contract details for their upcoming two-game series show that UCLA will pay UC Davis a $575,000 guarantee for their second meeting in 2029”
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  • davisguy52
    138
    ↪Riveraggie
    Are taxes paid on these payouts?
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  • AggieFinn
    959
    Talking with a co-worker, Kent State gets $1.9 Million to come to Columbus on 9/19.
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  • DrMike
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    ↪AggieFinn
    payouts to non P4 FBS are much higher than to FCS. That was something that Sac was pushing in their move up.
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  • Riveraggie
    448
    ↪davisguy52

    No. Athletics is considered close enough to universities core mission of education that income derived from it is not taxable.
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  • davisguy52
    138
    ↪Riveraggie
    Thanks. I'd always kind of wondered how that works.
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