The trio of directional schools are set to play nine buy games against out-of-state foes across the next handful of seasons,
The Michigan MAC schools collectively are set to make north of $10 million in game guarantees across the next four seasons for games against out-of-state Power 4 competition, according to contracts obtained by Mitten Football via Freedom of Information Act requests.
Plus, some scheduling tidbits about future non-conference matchups and Friday games for the Spartans.
Four future nonconference games on the books were originally meant to be played during the 2020 season that Covid disrupted.
The Michigan MAC programs will be due to get some nice respective paydays for future non-conference road games at Michigan and Michigan State.
Several legislators shared with Mitten Football concerns about the bill handing too much power to the NCAA and not serving athletes, though all agreed there's a need for a new national ruleset for college sports.