12-14-2018, 10:04 PM
more bowl games coming
In 1996-97, there were 18 bowl games. Five seasons later, there were 25. This season there are 40 postseason games, starting Saturday, including 10 teams with the minimum record necessary to qualify at 6-6.
For 2020 and beyond, the NCAA recently approved a possible expansion to as many as 86 teams in 44 postseason games, including the national championship. That means nearly two-thirds of all major-college football teams could earn a participation trophy in the form of a bowl berth.
And that’s great for business, according to the key market forces driving demand: sponsors, schools, cities, television viewers and ESPN. It doesn’t even matter that average, per-game bowl attendance has declined for 10 straight years to about 40,000, according to NCAA records, or that participating schools and conferences last year were required to pay for a record $25 million in unsold tickets. The appetite for this bowl bonanza persists, because they’re all getting what they want:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/20...286401002/
In 1996-97, there were 18 bowl games. Five seasons later, there were 25. This season there are 40 postseason games, starting Saturday, including 10 teams with the minimum record necessary to qualify at 6-6.
For 2020 and beyond, the NCAA recently approved a possible expansion to as many as 86 teams in 44 postseason games, including the national championship. That means nearly two-thirds of all major-college football teams could earn a participation trophy in the form of a bowl berth.
And that’s great for business, according to the key market forces driving demand: sponsors, schools, cities, television viewers and ESPN. It doesn’t even matter that average, per-game bowl attendance has declined for 10 straight years to about 40,000, according to NCAA records, or that participating schools and conferences last year were required to pay for a record $25 million in unsold tickets. The appetite for this bowl bonanza persists, because they’re all getting what they want:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/20...286401002/
Eric
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