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Wait??? We’ve been talking about bowl payouts for a min on this board....now u’re saying teams actually lose $$?? The Cheez It Bowl paid out $6m last season. The Independence Bowl paid out $2.2m last yr when we played LA Tech.
I’m confused. I’ve literally heard what u posted.
Bowl Games Are Not Always Winners For Schools – CBS Miami
The 2014 Orange Bowl features a matchup of two storied football programs in Ohio State and Clemson. The game is expected to be one of the best of the bowl season, but it’s still possibly a loser for both teams due to the outgoing BCS system.
miami.cbslocal.com
It’s an older article but it tells how teams lose money because they can’t sell all their tickets. Bowl payouts go to conferences and then get divided up between the conference members. If your conference has a bunch of teams in the CFP and major New Years bowl games, you’ll do well because those games pay out enormously. If your conference has a bunch of middle and lower tier bowl games, You could end up losing money by playing in a bowl. For example, the Bahamas Bowl only pays out like $225 k per team. Imagine you’re some G5 program not in Florida. How much would it cost to travel to the Bahamas for your entire program and staff? You also have to buy all these tickets that you’re probably not going to sell because it might be hard to convince 10,000 UAB fans to travel to the Bahamas to see their 6 win team play a meaningless game.