By Kristi Dosh, Business of College Sports: Team participating in the College Football Playoffs each earn a $6 million payout for their conferences when they make the semifinals (with no additional sums for making the national championship game). However, what happens from there varies by conference.
Check out our breakdown of all College Football Playoff payouts
Some conferences give “participation awards” or “participation subsidies” to the teams participating in the games, while others do not. Luckily for both TCU and UGA, they’re in conferences that do award such bonuses to the participating teams.
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