Bowl games are like gift cards. They’re awesome and exciting and the recipient is full of joy. Then, he kinda forgets to spend it, and the giver might as well have eaten the cash for Christmas dinner.
Though not as financially devastating as the approximately five hundred million dollars wasted on unused gift cards, fifteen million dollars in unsold tickets is not chump change.
According to the above article, schools must guarantee a certain number of tickets. Other sources claim such practice is verboten. Whether verbalized or not, the chances for the bowls to turn a profit are their top consideration in team selection. Which is fine, yay capitalism. But please, can we call a spade a spade and stop pretending we’re rewarding on field excellence? I’m a BCS elitist and have little sympathy for small programs, but it does gall me the system so flagrantly punishes the have-nots.
Remind me to discuss the haves v have-nots and my growing annoyance with the bowl system in the future. Probably not tomorrow, as I have given my money to the bowl tyranny and will be on the road/in attendance that day. But as soon as I recover from the jolly good time I’m sure to have, I’ll go back to raging against the machine.
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