College Football?

[techs]

First off I never even heard of Chick-Fil-A.

Does college football make money for the top colleges? Or is it an expense that they use as advertising to get students and funding?

Should college players in Division 1A (is this the top tier?) get paid (outside of scholarships)?

 

[MSUEngineer]

Yes, most of the schools in the major conferences make A LOT of money off of football. BCS bowl teams get $15 million for playing in the bowls. In the SEC, the money is pooled and split up among the 12 teams. Tickets for most games cost around $30-50, so football does generate a good bit of revenue for the schools. That's why coaches are being paid over $1 million and professors are being paid very little! It doesn't seem right, but money talks.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: techs
First off I never even heard of Chick-Fil-A.

Does college football make money for the top colleges? Or is it an expense that they use as advertising to get students and funding?

Should college players in Division 1A (is this the top tier?) get paid (outside of scholarships)?

Get ready for this: They are going to drop "Peach" from the bowl name. In the future it will just be called The Chick-Fil-A Bowl.

When I was a kid the bowls were simple...

Rose
Cotton
Peach
Sun
Sugar
Fiesta
Orange
Gator

I understand the money and prestige involved. But the sheer volume of bowl games and the low quality of teams that are now allowed to play is really sad. And to kiss off a traditional name like the Peach Bowl for a sponsor... That's not right.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: techs
First off I never even heard of Chick-Fil-A.

Does college football make money for the top colleges? Or is it an expense that they use as advertising to get students and funding?

Should college players in Division 1A (is this the top tier?) get paid (outside of scholarships)?

Get ready for this: They are going to drop "Peach" from the bowl name. In the future it will just be called The Chick-Fil-A Bowl.

When I was a kid the bowls were simple...

Rose
Cotton
Peach
Sun
Sugar
Fiesta
Orange
Gator

I understand the money and prestige involved. But the sheer volume of bowl games and the low quality of teams that are now allowed to play is really sad. And to kiss off a traditional name like the Peach Bowl for a sponsor... That's not right.

I agree, I don't like all the new bowls, college football is too commercial now. I'd suggest they'd go to a playoff system, but they wouldn't ever do that b/c of the money lost.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: techs
First off I never even heard of Chick-Fil-A.

Does college football make money for the top colleges? Or is it an expense that they use as advertising to get students and funding?

Should college players in Division 1A (is this the top tier?) get paid (outside of scholarships)?

Get ready for this: They are going to drop "Peach" from the bowl name. In the future it will just be called The Chick-Fil-A Bowl.

When I was a kid the bowls were simple...

Rose
Cotton
Peach
Sun
Sugar
Fiesta
Orange
Gator

I understand the money and prestige involved. But the sheer volume of bowl games and the low quality of teams that are now allowed to play is really sad. And to kiss off a traditional name like the Peach Bowl for a sponsor... That's not right.

Today I watched the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Its getting fricking ridiculous! What's next? The Tampons Cotton Bowl? 😀

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: techs
First off I never even heard of Chick-Fil-A.

Does college football make money for the top colleges? Or is it an expense that they use as advertising to get students and funding?

Should college players in Division 1A (is this the top tier?) get paid (outside of scholarships)?

Get ready for this: They are going to drop "Peach" from the bowl name. In the future it will just be called The Chick-Fil-A Bowl.

When I was a kid the bowls were simple...

Rose
Cotton
Peach
Sun
Sugar
Fiesta
Orange
Gator

I understand the money and prestige involved. But the sheer volume of bowl games and the low quality of teams that are now allowed to play is really sad. And to kiss off a traditional name like the Peach Bowl for a sponsor... That's not right.

Today I watched the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Its getting fricking ridiculous! What's next? The Tampons Cotton Bowl? 😀

It's about the only thing left...

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Heh... Check this out...

There are 11 Bowl games played now that didn't exist before 1997.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Heh... Check this out...

There are 11 Bowl games played now that didn't exist before 1997.

Here are just a few of the current bowl games:

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - Tempe, Arizona, (1971-)
Orange Bowl - Miami, Florida, (1935-)
Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi - Pasadena, California, (1902, 1916-)
Nokia Sugar Bowl - New Orleans, Louisiana, (1935-)
Vitalis Sun Bowl - El Paso, Texas, (1936-)
Cotton Bowl - Dallas, Texas, (1937-)
Toyota Gator Bowl - Jacksonville, Florida, (1946-)
Capital One Bowl - Orlando, Florida, (1947-)
Liberty Bowl - Memphis, Tennessee, (1959-)
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl - Atlanta, Georgia, (196😎
Independence Bowl - Shreveport, Louisiana, (1976-)
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl - San Diego, California, (197😎
Outback Bowl - Tampa, Florida, (1986-)
Insight Bowl - Phoenix, Arizona, (1989-)
Champs Sports Bowl - Orlando, Florida, (1990-)
Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl - Las Vegas, Nevada, (1992-)
MasterCard Alamo Bowl - San Antonio, Texas, (1993-)
MPC Computers Bowl - Boise, Idaho, (1997-)
Motor City Bowl - Detroit, Michigan, (1997-)
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl - Nashville, Tennessee, (199😎
GMAC Bowl - Mobile, Alabama, (1999-)
EV1.net Houston Bowl- Houston, Texas, (2000-)
New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette - New Orleans, Louisiana, (2001-)
Emerald Bowl - San Francisco, California, (2002-)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl- Honolulu, Hawaii, (2002-)
Meineke Car Care Bowl - Charlotte, North Carolina, (2002-)
Fort Worth Bowl - Fort Worth, Texas, (2003-)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl - San Diego, California, (2005-)

And you gotta love these now defunct bowl games:

Salad Bowl - Phoenix, Arizona, (1948-1952)
Oil Bowl - Houston, Texas, (1946-1947)
Mercy Bowl - Los Angeles, California, (1961, 1971)
Bacardi Bowl - Havana, Cuba, (1937)
Silicon Valley Football Classic - San Jose, California, (2000-2004)

 

[conjur]

<---- Still waiting on the Tidy Bowl

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Originally posted by: conjur


<---- Still waiting on the Tidy Bowl

Eh, my school already played that one flushed by Louisville.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc

Originally posted by: conjur


<---- Still waiting on the Tidy Bowl

Eh, my school already played that one flushed by Louisville.

heh heh

Too bad Va. Tech is going to trounce us in the Gator Bowl. Brohm tore an ACL is out and Michael Bush just hasn't been right, believe he suffered a minor injury at one point. Plus, we lost a key defensive player, too.


<sigh>

 

[irwincur]

Better yet, there are multiple layers of sponsers, like the Chick fil A Peach Bowl presented by Visa with halftime by MasterCard and sponsored by Coke.

But to the OP - these things make the schools a lot of money. Sports is a large schools bread and butter and yes, the money typically does get filtered down into acadamia. To the poster that cried about what professors make... They make plenty considering the average one works 8 - 10 hours/week (closer to zero when they have a TA) for six months of the year. if you ask me, making $80,000 - $150,000 for that is pretty damn good.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc

Originally posted by: conjur


<---- Still waiting on the Tidy Bowl

Eh, my school already played that one flushed by Louisville.

heh heh

Too bad Va. Tech is going to trounce us in the Gator Bowl. Brohm tore an ACL is out and Michael Bush just hasn't been right, believe he suffered a minor injury at one point. Plus, we lost a key defensive player, too.


<sigh>

i'm a vtech fan, but vtech is known to choke so, they could loose.

 

[conehead433]

Man those chicks in the LSU band were hot. Too bad the game wasn't worth watching. Hey Miami, next time remember to show up.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: irwincur
Better yet, there are multiple layers of sponsers, like the Chick fil A Peach Bowl presented by Visa with halftime by MasterCard and sponsored by Coke.

But to the OP - these things make the schools a lot of money. Sports is a large schools bread and butter and yes, the money typically does get filtered down into acadamia. To the poster that cried about what professors make... They make plenty considering the average one works 8 - 10 hours/week (closer to zero when they have a TA) for six months of the year. if you ask me, making $80,000 - $150,000 for that is pretty damn good.

Are you that ignorant? Professors do more than just teach, particularly the ones that are making $150k.

 

[IgorFL]

Very true... in fact, teaching is probably the lowest priority in terms of getting tenure for most professors. Research productivity, service, and visibility in their field are much more important at major universities.