FBS Bowl Money Myth

[SDHornet]

Here is a great article by the U-T on the myth of payouts to universities by bowl games. The only saving grace for all of these teams and conferences electing to go to a bowl game is the socialized profits from the BCS games as they are the only bowl games that make big money. This is something to keep in mind when discussing a jump to FBS for Sac State.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/17/tickets-guarantees-price-play/

 

[SactoHornetAlum]

Pretty good read. Its the good ole boys feeding the good ole boys. Nothing more. The people who run the bowls are kinda country club members and everyone else be damned...

 

[Green Cookie Monster]

At least there are some cost nullifiers for FBS. In FCS there is no such payout that I am aware of, so a team like Villanova would have to pay big bucks to travel to say Missoula, and vice versa. Through three playoff tiers. I guess that is why FCS tries to keep it regional.

Unless Sac can travel thousands of fans to say the FBS XXX bowl, it would be a money losing adventure. It would also be a money losing adventure if we ever make it to the FCS playoffs and have to play an East coast team. Maybe that is why the old administration always kept the program down, they never wanted to get stuck with paying for success.

 

[SDHornet]

GCM I think the NCAA picks up the travel costs in the playoffs. But don’t quote me on that. I hope Sac State will find out if the NCAA picks up travel costs next season. :twisted: And yes, that’s why they have regional match-ups in the playoffs, to minimize travel costs as well as make it somewhat reasonable for fans to travel to see the games.

 

[hornet4life]

They also fly on charter planesand yes on the NCAA's dime.

 

[Sac Rat]

Of Playoffs and Bowl Games
http://isubengalblog.blogspot.com/

'Tis the season for both, and after I read this fascinating article about how some bowl teams take it in the financial shorts, I wondered how the FCS Playoffs compare. So I sent some questions to the Big Sky's Jon Kasper, who was kind enough to respond while on his way to Chattanooga for the FCS Championship game between Montana and Villanova. Here is Jon's answer to my question about how the FCS playoffs are funded:

"Playoffs are financed by the NCAA and through the ticket sales of the playoffs. NCAA pays for the travel of all playoff teams (hotel, food, charter plane/bus). (The NCAA) also pays for the team party. It's 130 players, coaches, adminis(trators) for the first semifinals and 145 for the championship."


Sounds like FCS playoff teams are better off financially than some of the schools that go to the lower-tiered bowls and are forced to buy large amounts of tickets they can't sell. I also asked Jon if there is any revenue shared among conference schools from the playoffs. "Really it is not an economic impact for the league," he replied. "The money goes back into the NCAA general fund. Montana, because of its ability to meet the minimums and draw 20-plus (thousand fans), it provides them some money."

Jon also provided me a link to a blog that shows that participating in the playoffs can provide more than a financial impact. According to the blog during the Montana-Appalachian State game that was televised on ESPN on Dec. 12, site traffic on the University of Montana's web site was up 232 percent during the telecast. New visitors to the "admissions" portion of the web site was up 131 percent, and google searches for "university of montana" increased 238 percent. Talk about a great marketing opportunity for Griz Nation...