So let's try to make sense of this. Here are games they have in which Horizon teams were bought (I've included our two new members, and noted games that were part of MTEs):
$141,667 Fort Wayne @ Ohio State
$100,000 Cleveland State @ Minnesota
$ 97,500 Fort Wayne @ Iowa State
$ 95,000 Detroit @ NC State
$ 95,000 Oakland @ Syracuse
$ 95,000 Northern Kentucky @ Missouri
$ 95,000 Milwaukee @ Wisconsin
$ 90,000 Detroit @ Clemson (MTE)
$ 90,000 Oakland @ Maryland
$ 90,000 Fort Wayne @ UNLV
$ 90,000 Green Bay @ Xavier
$ 90,000 Green Bay @ Purdue
$ 85,000 Green Bay @ New Mexico (MTE)
$ 85,000 Milwaukee @ Kansas
$ 85,000 Cleveland State @ South Carolina
$ 82,000 Youngstown State @ Louisiana
$ 80,000 Green Bay @ Central Florida
$ 80,000 Cleveland State @ Missouri State
$ 80,000 IUPUI @ Fresno State
$ 80,000 Robert Morris @ UNLV
$ 75,000 IUPUI @ Butler
$ 73,333 Robert Morris @ Marshall
$ 60,000 Fort Wayne @ UIC
$ 60,000 Cleveland State @ East Tennessee State
$ 37,500 Youngstown State @ Louisville (MTE)
$ 37,500 Youngstown State @ Akron (MTE)
$ 37,500 Youngstown State @ South Carolina Upstate (MTE) (YSU win)
$ 30,000 IUPUI @ Bradley
$ 30,000 IUPUI @ South Florida (IUPUI win)
$ 30,000 IUPUI @ Loyola (MTE)
$ 30,000 Fort Wayne @ Kent State
$ 27,500 IUPUI @ Ball State
$ 23,333 Cleveland State @ Kent State
And here are games HL teams bought:
$
?? Stetson @ Fort Wayne
$85,000 Niagara @ Fort Wayne
$80,000 Southern @ Wright State
$78,500 Mississippi Valley State @ Wright State
$60,000 Fort Wayne @ UIC
$60,000 UC-Irvine @ UIC
$55,000 Mercer @ UIC (MTE) (UIC loss)
$57,500 Canisius @ UIC (MTE) (UIC loss)
$30,000 Coppin State @ Northern Kentucky
$30,000 Southern @ Northern Kentucky (NKU loss)
$20,000 North Carolina Central @ Youngstown State (MTE)
$ 6,000 Goshen @ Oakland
$ 3,500 Anderson @ IUPUI
$ 3,500 Indiana-South Bend @ IUPUI
$ 3,500 Thiel @ Youngstown State
$ 3,500 Westminster @ Youngstown State
$ 3,500 Edinboro @ Cleveland State
$ 3,000 Wisconsin-Stout @ Green Bay
$ 3,000 Concordia @ Green Bay
$ 3,000 Judson @ Fort Wayne
$ 2,500 Manchester @ Fort Wayne
$ 2,500 Ohio Northern @ Fort Wayne
$ 2,000 Concordia @ Milwaukee
$ 2,000 Wisconsin Lutheran @ Milwaukee
$ 1,500 Cincinnati-Claremont @ Northern Kentucky
$ 1,500 Midway @ Northern Kentucky
$ 1,500 Central State @ Wright State
$ 1,500 Urbana @ Wright State (MTE)
Worth noting:
Wright State paid out $158,500 for games with Southern and Mississippi Valley State. Compare that with ...
Northern Kentucky paid $60,000 to bring in Coppin State and Southern. No wonder Wright State is in financial difficulty and NKU is not.
UIC paid out $142,500 for four D-1 guarantee opponents. They lost two of those (Canisius & Mercer).
Notice those three schools finished 1-2-3 in the league.
OU got fleeced for a game with Goshen, but I suppose paying $2500 over what looks like the market rate is no big deal.