Playing for a national championship in college football is an expensive ticket.
This past year, according to financial numbers The Clemson Insider obtained through the Clemson Athletic Department, Clemson paid in excess of $3 million to play Alabama in the College Football Playoff Championship Game.
Clemson lost close to $1.04 million in total expenses for its postseason trips to Charlotte (ACC Championship Game), Miami (Orange Bowl) and Glendale, Ariz. (CFP Championship Game). On top of that, the school owed another $2 million in incentives to head coach Dabo Swinney and his assistant coaches.
“Some of the perception might be, or might have been, we are now flowing in money — we have all these dollars because of the national championship.