But there's a caveat.
That's because UTSA, Old Dominion, North Texas, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Florida Atlantic and FIU became members of Conference USA while East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa still were members.
"That means the new members will receive some money, too," pointed out Hamrick.
C-USA officials confirmed the only current member that won't get at least a sliver of the pie is Western Kentucky, which joined in July and will begin competing in 2014-15.
So, just how much money is involved?
Well, it appears the original pot was fairly hefty, thanks to figures obtained by CBSSports.com.
The league reported more than $36 million in "membership dues" on its last two Internal Revenue Service tax returns. That includes $20.78 million from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
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