ASUHATER! wrote:
Almost no bowls lose money. They are all cash cows for those who run them. That's why they keep adding them.
And almost every athletic program loses money, and needs subsidies from the school to stay afloat. So in effect, these crappy bowls are pay to play. Similar to the CBI tourney in basketball.
GROUP OF FIVE
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DEFICITS
SCHOOL DEFICIT
UNLV $35.3 million
Houston $26.8 million
Air Force $26.0 million
Old Dominion $25.7 million
Massachusetts $25.0 million
UCF $23.6 million
Georgia State $23.1 million
Eastern Michigan $22.4 million
Buffalo $22.1 million
Western Michigan $21.3 million
San Diego State $21.2 million