San Jose State University has now dumped two schools it scheduled to play in 2010 in favor of two others willing to pay a bunch more money.
A million dollars from ‘Bama and $900K from Wisconsin – there’s gold in them there cupcakes.
San Jose State University has now dumped two schools it scheduled to play in 2010 in favor of two others willing to pay a bunch more money.
A million dollars from ‘Bama and $900K from Wisconsin – there’s gold in them there cupcakes.
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“Not playing for NIL deals. Not playing to go viral. Not playing for TikTok,” (Nolan) Smith said. “Playing for the guy next to you and being able to push with him through tough situations. I would love for the guys to take that into next year. Don’t play for money. Play for your ‘why’ — why you play football.”-- The Athletic, 7/20/22
The gold adds up too – even if we go low on the average amount paid to cupcakes, (say $500,000 per game), that’s still over $25 million that the BCS teams paid to I-AA teams in 2008 alone.
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Thanks a lot, Senator…now I’m going to have that God-awful song stuck in my head the rest of the day.
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SJSU has a warm spot in my heart as I once took them to national prominence during a run on “EA Sports NCAA football 2005.” Good times. The chants still ring true: SJSU! SJSU! SJSU!
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