31.21.1 Distribution of Bowl Game Receipts. Distribution of revenue (after allowable deductions) generated from member
institutions participating in bowl games shall be as follows: [Revised 6/1/95; Revised 6/2/06; effective 8/1/2006]
(a) For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance of less than $1,500,000, the participating institution
shall retain $925,000, plus a travel allowance as determined by the SEC Executive Committee. The remainder shall
be remitted to the Commissioner and shall be divided into 13 equal shares with one share to the Conference and one
share to each member institution. [Revised 6/1/02; Revised 6/2/06; effective 8/1/2006; Revised 5/29/09; effective
8/1/2009]
(b) For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance between $1,500,000 and $3,999,999, the participating
institution shall retain $1,125,000, plus a travel allowance as determined by the SEC Executive Committee The
remainder shall be remitted to the Commissioner and shall be divided into 13 equal shares, with one share to the
Conference and one share to each member institution. [Revised 6/1/02; Revised 6/2/06; effective 8/1/2006; Revised
5/29/09; effective 8/1/2009]
(c) For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance between $4,000,000 and $5,999,999, the participating
institution shall retain $1,325,000, plus a travel allowance as determined by the SEC Executive Committee. The
remainder shall be remitted to the Commissioner and shall be divided into 13 equal shares, with one share to the
Conference and one share to each member institution. [Revised 6/1/02; Revised 6/2/06; effective 8/1/2006; Revised
5/29/09; effective 8/1/2009]
(d) For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance of $6,000,000 or more, the participating institution
shall receive $1,825,000 ($1,925,000 if the SEC team is a participant in the Bowl Championship Series game which
determines the National Championship), plus a travel allowance as determined by the SEC Executive Committee.
The remainder shall be remitted to the Commissioner and shall be divided into 13 equal shares, with one share to the
Conference and one share to each member institution. [Revised 6/1/02; Revised 6/2/06; effective 8/1/2006; Revised
5/29/09; effective 8/1/2009]
(e) Bowl Revenue Protection Insurance and the cost of unused tickets up to 3,000 tickets for games with a ticket
guarantee under 15,000 tickets and up to 4,000 tickets for games with a ticket guarantee of 15,000 tickets or above,
shall be deducted prior to Conference distribution. [Adopted 6/1/02; Revised and Effective 6/4/2010]
Basically, by having both teams in the champ game instead of one in the Sugar, that is an additional $500k total revenue. The initial payout to the second school in the NCG is $100k more than the Sugar, so the conference makes $400k extra total. Divided 13 ways, that is an extra $30,716 for MSU. This doesn't take into account that we didn't get the 10th team bowl eligible this year and thus missed our tie-in with the BBVA bowl(good job Tenn), so it's probably a bit less. For all intents and purposes, we walk with the exact same bowl money we did last year....