Each Big 10 school received 2 million from bowl games. Why doesn't college football realize there is so more money to be had with a better system? Every other conference would be lower, except maybe the SEC which would be similar.
A playoff could easily net more money.
The average home football game would net more than this in most cases.
Then figure in the tv revenues and sponsorship dollars that could be made on this. ESPN pays $125 million for 4 years for just the BCS 5 games, what would a playoff with more games be worth. Yes the per game average would take a big hit, but there would be a larger amount of money in the end.
Then add in some sponsorship money. I'm not sure the best way to maximize this but let there be a sponsor for each game, or let a sponsor sponsor the whole round of a playoff. I don't know what this would yield but, Chick Filet sponsored the Peach Bowl for $22 Million for 5 years beginning in 2006 so I don't know what the value would renew at now. This is probably the 2nd or 3rd largest sponsor of non-BCS bowls I am guessing based on payouts.
Also, an additional bonus is the reduced travel costs of the bowl games.
A playoff could easily net more money.
The average home football game would net more than this in most cases.
Then figure in the tv revenues and sponsorship dollars that could be made on this. ESPN pays $125 million for 4 years for just the BCS 5 games, what would a playoff with more games be worth. Yes the per game average would take a big hit, but there would be a larger amount of money in the end.
Then add in some sponsorship money. I'm not sure the best way to maximize this but let there be a sponsor for each game, or let a sponsor sponsor the whole round of a playoff. I don't know what this would yield but, Chick Filet sponsored the Peach Bowl for $22 Million for 5 years beginning in 2006 so I don't know what the value would renew at now. This is probably the 2nd or 3rd largest sponsor of non-BCS bowls I am guessing based on payouts.
Also, an additional bonus is the reduced travel costs of the bowl games.