Per Brett McMurphy, ESPN owns 16 of 43 bowl games

Per Brett McMurphy, ESPN owns 16 of 43 bowl games
by bluengold07 (2019-05-01 13:10:58)

In reply to: Don't hold your breath posted by tf86

“In 2020, ESPN Events will own 16 of the 43 FBS bowl games:

Boston, Cure, Myrtle Beach, Frisco, Hawaii, Texas, Gasparilla, Las Vegas, Armed Forces, New Mexico, First Responder, Bahamas, Boca Raton, Camellia, Birmingham, Famous Idaho Potato”

It’s a remarkable racket - They force the conferences and schools to buy thousands of tickets, the majority of which they will never sell, forcing them to eat the loss. Then ESPN rakes in the advertising dollars with live mid-week afternoon programming.

Replies:

Very few of those should be considered warm weather spots - ndgotrobbedin97 2019-05-03 22:20:34
As I understand it, most bowl game tickets are - tf86 2019-05-03 13:07:35
For schools, it's the price for 15 extra days of practice - jbrown_9999 2019-05-02 10:31:53
- I don’t think schools can decline bowl bids - bluengold07 2019-05-02 11:43:22
  - I think there is one exception - tf86 2019-05-03 13:11:55