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TU Gets Arkansas Game Guarantee

University of Tulsa

 

Arkansas will pay Tulsa $1.45 million total for Saturday's homecoming game.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the game guarantee will be $1.085 million. Arkansas also paid Tulsa a scheduling fee of $365,000 last June in an amendment to the original contract. The newspaper says that's believed to be the second-largest payout guaranteed by the Razorbacks for a home game.

The original deal, signed then-Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long and Tulsa athletic director Dr. Derrick Gragg, called for a game guarantee of $1.5 million. After Tulsa asked that a portion of the guarantee be paid early, the overall payment was reduced by $50,000.

The largest payout Arkansas has made was $1.5 million payout to Coastal Carolina last season.

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