[gailtate]

If you are wondering, as I did:

The game will also serve as a lucrative payday for only one team. Because this game was originally supposed to be played on K-State’s campus, Stanford will only receive enough money to cover travel costs as agreed upon in the original home-and-home series contract.

K-State gets $2.8 million, apparently.

On discussions about a neutral site game:

“Then when they started talking numbers we realized we will net more than we would net from playing Stanford at home. With what we faced this year financially, being able to have that nice guarantee will help us build things back up.”

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/bi...79885.html

Perhaps I'm way off on this, but given the tenor of Shaw's comments I'd say there is a very small but non-zero chance Stanford pulls out of the game entirely.

You're way off on this. Hint: consider the contractual implications (translation: consequences).

[gailtate]

If you are wondering, as I did:

The game will also serve as a lucrative payday for only one team. Because this game was originally supposed to be played on K-State’s campus, Stanford will only receive enough money to cover travel costs as agreed upon in the original home-and-home series contract.

K-State gets $2.8 million, apparently.

On discussions about a neutral site game:

“Then when they started talking numbers we realized we will net more than we would net from playing Stanford at home. With what we faced this year financially, being able to have that nice guarantee will help us build things back up.”

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/bi...79885.html

Perhaps I'm way off on this, but given the tenor of Shaw's comments I'd say there is a very small but non-zero chance Stanford pulls out of the game entirely.

You're way off on this. Hint: consider the contractual implications (translation: consequences).