Bowling for Dollars

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Raking In The Bowl Game Cash [Bowl Jerks]
Published 12/13/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
It's always nice to have bad guys in sports, and there aren't many more reliable bad guys than those shady, mysterious characters who run the lower-tier bowl games. And you don't want to know how much money they're making. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that some of these bowl guys are raking in nearly $500 grand. In 2002, Gary Cavalli earned $90,000 as executive of a new postseason game in San Francisco. In 2006, his compensation package was $362,018 for the game now called the Emerald Bowl. "Frankly, my compensation ...

CURIOUS INDEX, 12/14/07
Published 12/14/2007 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... Bumpkin Booster Bolt BCS to Board, Bring ‘ball to Brontosauran Backwater Status! The Wiz has a nice article that the tradition, respect, and all those other crap words people trot out to defend indefensible things certainly apply to the bowl system: the head of the Emerald Bowl makes six figures for putting on the goddamn Emerald Bowl. ...

"Hello, Cleveland" and other links
Published 12/14/2007 by ATL_eagle at Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com
... Many of you probably read this earlier in the week, but I wanted to highlight the blog on bowl presidents' salaries. This process will never change because so many people are invested in the current system. There are 30 bowl committees who have created a cottage industry around these games. They create an artificial postseason that is essentially a kick back to college coaches and provides none of the pressure of a playoff. ESPN gets built in controversy all year and cheap programming during Christmas week. Ugh. I wish the university presidents (not Leahy specifically) would ...

No bowls + playoff = more money
Published 12/14/2007 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... The main reasons why we don’t have bowl games instead of a playoff system in college football are probably: 1) Money 2) Tradition Well, as The Wizard of Odds and Deadspin pointed out, teams could probably make a lot more money involved if the bowl games no longer existed: In 2002, Gary Cavalli earned $90,000 as executive of a new postseason game in San Francisco. In 2006, his compensation package was $362,018 for the game now called the Emerald Bowl. “Frankly, my compensation package is none of your ...

2007 Bowl Primer
Published 12/18/2007 by StateFans at Statefans Nation
... and Coach Tom O’Brien’s system and recruiting having a year to take root, there is a very good chance that this will be the last time the Wolfpack won’t be performing on a bowl stage for a long time. Just because the Pack isn’t bowling doesn’t mean that you won’t be watching any games this year. Today’s entry should serve as a pretty decent primer on the season’s events. Perhaps the most interesting bowl article that you will find has nothing to do with this year’s match-ups and is linked up in this entry. ...