4/22/2021 football Edit

Financial details for FSU football games vs. Memphis, Charleston Southern

Ira Schoffel • TheOsceola

Managing Editor

Ira has covered Florida State for more than 15 years and college football for more than 25 years. He is a former sports editor and columnist at the Tallahassee Democrat and other outlets.

The Florida State football program is paying a combined $1.75 million to bring in a pair of non-conference opponents for the 2024 season.

The Seminoles will pay Memphis $1.3 million to come to Tallahassee, and they will pay Charleston Southern $450,000, according to contracts released by the university on Thursday.

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Game "guarantees" are customary when opponents agree to play a game on the road without a return trip to their home stadium. And FBS opponents like Memphis draw larger guarantees than FCS foes such as Charleston Southern.

For example, FSU is paying UMass $1.5 million for a home game this fall, but paid Jacksonville State $400,000 last season.

The Seminoles will host Memphis on Sept. 14 in 2024 and Charleston Southern on Nov. 23. FSU's other two non-conference opponents that season will be UF in Tallahassee and Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.

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