BOWL REORGANIZATION

[doclee]

I find it interesting that there is not one comment about how the kids who are playing on the football teams feel about bowl games! Who is this about?

 

[egami]

A Michigan fan with a sense of humor You just became my new favorite Michigan fan!

Sometimes you just have to laugh things off...

I find it interesting that there is not one comment about how the kids who are playing on the football teams feel about bowl games! Who is this about?

You're right, these corporate branded bowl games are all about college tradition and doing it for the kids.

 

[rdubbs]

I find it interesting that there is not one comment about how the kids who are playing on the football teams feel about bowl games! Who is this about?

I'm guessing (out on a limb I know) that the kids enjoy the games

 

[blaserhawk1]

wyoming, minn. isu, mich st, ucla marshall, and texas a&m were 6-6, la-lafayette, la-monroe were 6-6 but not invited. notre dame and kansas st were 6-6 but nd rejected a bid and ksu did not have enough fcs wins

 

[chadfrey]

I find it interesting that there is not one comment about how the kids who are playing on the football teams feel about bowl games! Who is this about?

Don't kid yourself. Bowl games are not about the kids who get to play. They are about making money. They are about economic impact for the communities who host them.

If they were about the kids who play the games, then schools wouldn't get snubbed based on if fans travel or not.

 

[JanuaryTailgate]

wyoming, minn. isu, mich st, ucla and texas a&m were 6-6, la-lafayette, la-monroe and notre dame were 6-6 but not invited

Actually, Notre Dame would have been invited by any bowl, even at 6-6, but because of their current situation the school said they do not wish to participate in a bowl this year.

 

[hallyhall]

As we know the NCAA doesn't organize these games, they just sanction them. They are put on by the cities that host them. So, Mobile, El Paso, Boise, etc. look at these as money making opportunities. They want fans to come to town to stay in their hotels, eat in their restaurants and spend money during their little vacations to their towns.

The NCAA looks at this and says "You want to pay us to allow us to allow our member schools to play another game?? Sure, here's our routing and account numbers! Thanks!" Easy money for the NCAA. And the schools are always trying to get the NCAA to earn them more money. Sign bigger TV contracts (BCS games, Basketball Tourney, etc), whatever it takes to earn more money. And while during many of the smaller bowl games the schools barely break even, if at all, due to their expenses the teams still go because their fans demand it and the players put enough of their lives into football that a little trip to a bowl game, whether some people think the games are warranted or not, is seen as a nice way to end a season. Get your school on National TV for a little exposure one more time before the season is over.

While I for one wouldn't be rooting to see the Hawkeyes in the Little Caesars Bowl I'd sure try my darndest to get to it in person or at least settle to watch it on TV if that's the last time I get to see some of my favorite Hawkeye players suit up and lay a few people out one last time.

I'll take me another college football game any day.

 

[JanuaryTailgate]

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[Caven]

The games may not be for the players but don't kid yourself that they don't take advantage of the opportunity and love every minute of it. To me it doesn't matter what the motive behind them throwing the bowl party is - if it gives the kids a chance to take one more trip and play one more game before they graduate then it is a win.