You are garanteed $ 40,000 because you automatically made the last 1024. Nothing else unfortunately.

jespernohr wrote: So if you have a fair stadium then it isn't a financial advantage to get a bye In my case, if the match was played at my home field, I loose about 32.000. With that said. I can't come up with another system to prevent this, so I just live with it.

Maybe add full stadium attendance to the bye?

There is always the chance that you'd play a human in the first round, and with that chance it is a benefit to get the bye. Yes, you lose the income, but you do automatically get the prize money. While the prize money is probably more than the ticket income, you can't go deep in the cup without getting out of the first round.