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-> UMass spent some $58.44 million on athletics in 2023, including $11.22 million on football, according to Knight-Newhouse data. Bamford estimated his department will take in close to $2 million in profits during the first year of its MAC agreement, after making $500,000 as an Atlantic 10 affiliate (in non-football, non-hockey sports).

[URL='https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/uAMB4D']As an independent, UMass made $350,000 annually in trickle-down College Football Playoff payouts. That will rise to $1 million once it joins the MAC.[/URL]

[URL='https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/uAMB4D']“Being an independent has been an absolute albatross for us,” Bamford said, pointing to challenges of scheduling and recruiting without a conference banner, and lack of shared revenue.[/URL]

As a MAC member, Bamford expects to play one guarantee game annually (and it will be early in the season, with conference games down the stretch). Funds from buy-games are earmarked for football, Bamford said, but they create financial room elsewhere. <-
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