I would need to see the figures on what YSU makes per home game Nation. With a solid team, we are going to make:
1. 20k x $10 = $200k in ticket sales (although with give-a ways $8 may be more accurate).
2. 1/6th (assuming a 6 home game season) of our loge revenues has to be around $100k.
3. Tailgating with even a modest team sells out all of the upper lot, 1/2 the lower lot & half of the lower walk-up parking outside of M7. There are no discounts on tailgating, so this is about 600-750 cars at $20 each = so at least $120k (assumong lower lot is cheaper ans the parking across Lincoln is only $5).
4. Banners are $1k per game & large banners are $10k per game (don't quote me on those large banners, they may only be $5k) but there are about 12 of them + other miscellaneous revenues (concessions, memorabilia, 50/50, etc.) are worth a couple of grand at least. This is at least $50k (even assuming I overstated the cost on large banners).
I say we are always better off taking the light-weight home game if we are not going to get major conference $$$ of at least $380k to $400k.