re: So the University of Nebraska said they are staying and won't play this year

Those rejected application monies aren’t flowing in because four of five are in the Pac 12. Those are flowing in because California is the single most populated state in the US and a number of the schools on that list are the top schools in that state. (Can’t vouch for UCSD)

Nebraska’s income from that ain’t going up unless the state population quintuples or they become an Ivy level school (Top 10 school) instead of an AAU member (typically top 70-100 school).