The University of New Mexico is spending nearly $70,000 per week to play its football games in Las Vegas amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic, New Mexico athletic director Eddie Nunez explained that he is "willing to pay" that amount of money to have the team play games because it will result in a large payout down the road.
"If I'm going to spend $300,000 to put our team in Las Vegas, but I know that at the end of the day, I'm going to get $3.7 million or zero (to not play at all), I think I'd go for 3.