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Severson: MAC schedule shows top priority is money, not athletes

Remember, college football players are students first and athletes second.

Scratch that.

They're a way for colleges, conferences and TV networks to make money first, then they're athletes and then students.

On Wednesday, the Mid-American Conference announced the schedules for all of its football teams and four of them – including Northern Illinois – will have two games in five days during one point season.

The Huskies will travel to Bowling Green on Oct. 21 in the final Saturday game of the regular season for Northern Illinois. On the following Thursday, they will host Eastern Michigan.