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MWC
The 4 million helps but is not a large difference maker. It represents less than 10 percent of the revenue for most MW schools. The trade off is mostly night games for football and not all on Saturdays. That hurts the gate immensely. In addition, the games aren't blacked out for the home team. A night game in San Diego is delightful. However, most of the MW plays in cold weather and at elevation. Not so pleasant.
As for the non conference pay days..P5's will pay up to 1.5 million but generally it is around 750 grand. Out of that money you have to pay for your flights, hotel rooms and food. However, you can use what is leftover to pay for your home non conference appearance fees..
Coaches in the MW do make more per year but a lot of that is coming from boosters with relatively low base pay from the schools.
Nevada pays Cost of Education stipends to all athletes. I think it is around 5 thousand per. That comes from the athletic budget.
NIL funds come from boosters and businesses. That doesn't come out of the budget..
I am sure NDSU could make the numbers work but nothing is easy in mid major land.