Playoff Bidding Process

[Esquire]

Can anyone explain the playoff bidding process?? Do you bid on all the rounds in advance of the playoffs??? And does highest bidder win out automatically??? Or does ranking have anything to do with the process?

[NDSUstudent]

Top 5 seeds host.

I think when the non-seeded teams are paired up they bid against each other for the home game. So if NDSU played Montana State, both NDSU and MSU would bid against each other.

[Bisonguy]

From: 2010 DI Football Championship Handbook

Dates and Sites

[Reference: Site Selection in the Division I General Section and Bylaw 31.1.3 in the NCAA
Manual.]

2010 Championship

First Round—November 27 at on-campus sites
Second Round—December 4 at on-campus sites
Quarterfinals—December 10 and 11 at on-campus sites
Semifinals—December 17 and 18 at on-campus sites
Championship Game—January 7, 2011 at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

NCAA Championships Policy Related to Sports Wagering.

No pre-determined

or non

-predetermined session of an NCAA championship may be conducted in a state with
legal wagering that is based on single-game betting on the outcome of any event (i.e., high
school, college or professional) in a sport in which the NCAA conducts a championship.

Site Determination.

With regard to first-round, second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal
sites, in addition to the criteria listed in Bylaw 31.1.3.2.1, the NCAA Division I Football
Committee shall consider the following additional criteria when selecting playoff sites:
a. Prospective host institutions must submit the following minimum financial guarantees,
which shall be 75 percent of the estimated net receipts as submitted on the proposed
budget:

First round—$30,000
Second round—$30,000

Quarterfinal—$40,000
Semifinal—$50,000
b. If the minimum financial guarantees are met, the committee will award the playoff
sites to the top five seeded teams.
c. When determining host institutions for playoff games when both teams are unseeded,
criteria shall apply as follows: (1) quality of facility, (2) revenue potential plus
estimated net receipts, (3) attendance history and potential, (4) team’s performance
(e.g., conference place finish, head-to-head results and number of Division I
opponents), and (5) student-athlete well-being (e.g., travel, missed class time).
d. If a second-round, quarterfinal or semifinal playoff site is not available due to the fact
the institutions involved did not submit a proposed budget, the committee will contact
the institutions and offer the opportunity to submit a bid at the current round’s minimum
financial guarantee level. If seeded teams are not involved, the committee will determine
the host institutions by applying the championship site-selection criteria in Bylaw

31.1.3.2.1.

e. If no institution is willing to submit a proposed budget at the current level, the previous
round’s minimum financial guarantee will be offered. If seeded teams are not involved,
the committee will determine the host institutions by applying the championship site

selection

criteria in Bylaw 31.1.3.2.1.

[TAILG8R]

Not sure if this is still relevant information but,

The school would have to pay a $30,000 guaranteed fee from the first round and $40,000 for the quarterfinals. A semifinal matchup would cost $50,000, with the guaranteed fees coming out of the gross ticket sale receipts along with 75 percent of the gate minus the school’s budgeted and unbudgeted expenses. When determining host sites for playoff games when both teams are not among the Top 4 seeds, the committee decides the location based on quality of facility, revenue potential plus estimated net receipts, attendance history and potential, team’s performance (e.g., conference place finish, head-to-head results and number of Division I opponents), student-athlete well-being (travel, missed class time, etc.), and previous crowd-control measures and crowd behavior of the prospective host institution.

[Bisonguy]

And the portion that was on the following page:

f. The committee will consider previous crowd-control measures and crowd behavior of

the prospective host institution.

And people wonder why NDSU wants to kill certain crowd behaviors.

[Esquire]

Besides Montana....who are the other big attendance teams that would bring in a higher gate???

[NDSUstudent]

Besides Montana....who are the other big attendance teams that would bring in a higher gate???

App St and Delaware but they will be seeded teams.

[Bisonguy]

That's about it west of the Mississippi. Gene would put in a very attractive bid if given the chance.

[clenz]

Besides Montana....who are the other big attendance teams that would bring in a higher gate???

Teams the that NCAA likes to give home games too

Montana
App. State
Delaware
Northern Iowa


Then after it is a crap shoot pending who is good that year.

[Esquire]

So all you bid in is the required amount....correct??? Then the playoff committee looks at the the two teams, expected gate, etc., correct??? Its not like Gene could say we will guarantee $300,000 for a home game???