[Mick]

Bowl games are just legalized racketeering.

1. A non-profit organization
2. Pays its executive in many cases, more than $500k/year
3. Teams who play in them are contractually obligated to buy minimum ticket allotments
4. Teams who play in them must stay in contracted hotels
5. Claim most of the money they raise goes to charity (but what about those $500k/yr executive salaries?)

I used to work for a guy who worked at the Fiesta Bowl.  It was absolutely a racket based on what I learned about bowl games from him.

Hence the need for 40 of them.

[Mick]

Bowl games are just legalized racketeering.

1. A non-profit organization
2. Pays its executive in many cases, more than $500k/year
3. Teams who play in them are contractually obligated to buy minimum ticket allotments
4. Teams who play in them must stay in contracted hotels
5. Claim most of the money they raise goes to charity (but what about those $500k/yr executive salaries?)

I used to work for a guy who worked at the Fiesta Bowl.  It was absolutely a racket based on what I learned about bowl games from him.

Hence the need for 40 of them.