Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, College Football, Bowl Games, Televised sports events, Money
Subjects
Universities and colleges; NCAA football; Bowls (Game); Televised sports events; Money; Opportunity costs
Introduction
With the barrage of bowl games these past several days one can only marvel at the willingness of sponsors and cities to pay out millions of dollars to universities to provide a few hours of entertainment during the holidays. Last year the University of Wisconsin took away $12.5M for the Big Ten from the Badger's Rose Bowl appearance. The participants at this year's Sugar Bowl, allegedly the national championship game, will take away between $11M and $13M each. Moving down the pecking order to near the bottom the payouts run to about a million dollars.
Publication Date
1-4-2000
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Losing Money Going to Bowl Games" (2000). On Sport and Society. 532.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/532
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