Non-BCS conferences get record payout
WASHINGTON -- The five non-Bowl Championship Series conferences will receive a record $24 million from this year's BCS bowl games, augmented by the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl matchup of TCU and Boise State.
BCS figures obtained by The Associated Press on Monday show the bulk of that money will go to TCU's Mountain West Conference, $9.8 million, and Boise State's Western Athletic Conference, $7.8 million.
The other three non-BCS conferences will divide the remainder.
The figures still lag behind the six BCS conferences, which will receive between $17.7 million and $22.2 million each.
Critics in Congress who have taken aim at the BCS have cited what they consider an unfair distribution of BCS revenue. BCS executive director Bill Hancock told the AP the new numbers show the distribution is "fair and appropriate."
Boise State finished 2009 undefeated after toppling TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.
Boise State, ranked sixth in the BCS standing to finish the season, beat No. 4 TCU 17-10 after the Horned Frogs had dispatched the Broncos last season in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
TCU, then ranked 11th in the BCS, prevailed 17-16 in the 2008 Poinsettia to edge the then-No. 9 Broncos.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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WASHINGTON -- The five non-Bowl Championship Series conferences will receive a record $24 million from this year's BCS bowl games, augmented by the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl matchup of TCU and Boise State.
BCS figures obtained by The Associated Press on Monday show the bulk of that money will go to TCU's Mountain West Conference, $9.8 million, and Boise State's Western Athletic Conference, $7.8 million.
The other three non-BCS conferences will divide the remainder.
The figures still lag behind the six BCS conferences, which will receive between $17.7 million and $22.2 million each.
Critics in Congress who have taken aim at the BCS have cited what they consider an unfair distribution of BCS revenue. BCS executive director Bill Hancock told the AP the new numbers show the distribution is "fair and appropriate."
Boise State finished 2009 undefeated after toppling TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.
Boise State, ranked sixth in the BCS standing to finish the season, beat No. 4 TCU 17-10 after the Horned Frogs had dispatched the Broncos last season in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
TCU, then ranked 11th in the BCS, prevailed 17-16 in the 2008 Poinsettia to edge the then-No. 9 Broncos.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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