Mizzou Border War Retreat All About Money

Once again sports fans struggle to understand that their patronage and emotions really represent nothing more than dollar signs to everyone else.

An example and yet another life lesson for college sports fans . . .

Missouri does not want to play Kansas in the Liberty Bowl — that much is true — but the main reason boils down to simple dollars and cents.

If the Tigers and Jayhawks faced off in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, the bowl game would split the revenue with the teams, as opposed to the teams keeping the money for themselves. The fear for Missouri is that the bowl game happening dilutes the excitement of Missouri and Kansas playing each other in the regular season.

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Why Missouri does not want to play Kansas

A report from Action Network's Brett McMurphy, which said that Missouri does not want to play Kansas in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 28, caused a firestorm Friday. Many on the internet mocked Missouri for being "scared" to face its historical rival in a bowl game, and even the industry source McMurphy cited seemed to think this was the case.