MPBN Interviews Creech About Football Game Schedule
Karlton Creech, the University of Maine’s director of athletics, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report how smaller Division I college football programs, like UMaine’s, often get paid to play at least one game against an opponent with a bigger following. This year, a new playoff system will decide the national championship in major college football, with a selection committee picking four teams to face off for the title, the report states. The change makes game schedules even more important, and has some smaller football programs worried they won’t be able to schedule “payday” games, according to the report. “It’s an important part of our budget scenario for our football program to try to schedule these games every year,” Creech said.