{"id":3384,"date":"2017-05-16T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2017-05-16T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T18:18:08","slug":"liberty-football-paying-1m-plus-to-host-odu-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"Liberty football paying $1M-plus to host ODU in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local news outlets report Liberty University officials say it will pay Old Dominion University $1.32 million to play in its 2018 home opener.<\/p>\n

Liberty athletic director Ian McCaw says the school could afford the payment only because the Flames signed a guarantee game in 2018 with a Power Five school “that is upwards of seven figures.” He says the guarantee will essentially be forwarded to Old Dominion but would not identify the school it came from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local news outlets report Liberty University officials say it will pay Old Dominion University $1.32 million to play in its 2018 home opener. Liberty athletic…<\/p>\n

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