So what went into two schools from one of the two richest conferences in college athletics traveling thousands of miles for a league game?
Northwestern will be well-compensated for sacrificing that home game, according to John Anthony, the founder and CEO of Anthony Travel and director of Irish American Events Limited, which arranged the contracts for this game. As a private school, Northwestern is exempt from having to disclose such agreements, but Anthony said it is receiving"the lion's share of the economic benefits" for its role as the home team.
With classes at Northwestern not starting until Sept. 21 and no game scheduled on Sept. 3, Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald said he is allowing his team to take advantage of being in another country"We really wanted to make this be something special," Fitzgerald said during a news conference this week."An overwhelming majority of our team had never left the country, let alone been to Ireland.
Who Nebraska would play this year came down to a numbers game. Having the Cornhuskers give up a home game wasn't going to happen. Their Memorial Stadium ranks fourth in the conference and 13th in college football with a capacity exceeding 90,000 and has been sold out for every game since 1962. Their five road opponents were Northwestern, Rutgers, Purdue, Michigan and Iowa. The Wildcats were the best fit, given that Ryan Field is the only Big Ten football stadium with a capacity below 50,000.
Nebraska was required to produce a list of 80 Nebraska-affiliated CEOs and business leaders who would be invited to the event. According to a university spokesperson, Nebraska put the list together from names of people who had already purchased tickets. told USA TODAY Sports when discussing how the school decides on its travel party."The governor's involved; there's a lot of moving parts.
For the teams involved, putting on the game is not without major logistical hurdles. Both teams arrived several days before Saturday's game. Nebraska has the additional challenge of juggling the first week of classes with this travel itinerary. To make up for missing three days of instruction, the team will bring academic advisers on the trip and set aside time for educational periods. Nebraska has to return stateside for a game against North Dakota on Sept. 3.
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