How does the Bowl System make any sense?
- Bowls have no risk because teams are obligated to buy unsold tickets.
- Unsold tickets cost teams millions annually (subsidizing the bowls).
- 104 of 120 FBS athletic departments run a deficit.
- Athletic department deficits are subsidized by student fees and university funds (taxpayers).
- Cash strapped universities cut research budgets but continue to buy unsold tickets for the privilege of going to a bowl game.
- The leaders of these universities refuse to change to a more profitable system that would alleviate the burden on students and taxpayers.
How does this make any sense at all??
Take a look at “The Bowls: Silly Extravagance or Worthwhile Tradition?” And then consider all the corruption recently revealed at the Fiesta Bowl, with the silly $1 million fine imposed by the BCS as a pseudo punishment. Yet the Fiesta Bowl is sitting on a surplus of $15+ million as a non-profit organization? Please.
It’s time college football did something right and abandoned this nonsense that is the bowl system. All it does is put more money in the pockets of fat, greedy ass holes who go on cruises and play golf and hold one event a year as “work”. And they are subsidized by us, the taxpayers.
It’s time to start a playoff that keeps teams at home for the first few rounds, eliminating wasted travel costs and bolstering local economies of teams that earn their keep on the field.
It’s time to stop setting the example of greed and corruption in college football.
It’s time to re-introduce fair play and sportsmanship as desirable qualities in college football.
Do something about it – send your leadership an email now and let them know you demand change!