Bowl Game Pay Outs

[NWADawg]

Currently bowls pay out set amounts and through the selection process try to get the best / most lucrative team available. Wouldn't it make more sense to pay teams according to their customer ranking? An SEC team in a Liberty Bowl level bowl would almost certainly bring in more viewers than most mid-majors that might make it. I understand that there are other variables at play but if A brings more value than B, shouldn't A get paid more?

Would this help or hurt MSU?

 

[johnson86-1]

Currently bowls pay out set amounts and through the selection process try to get the best / most lucrative team available. Wouldn't it make more sense to pay teams according to their customer ranking? An SEC team in a Liberty Bowl level bowl would almost certainly bring in more viewers than most mid-majors that might make it. I understand that there are other variables at play but if A brings more value than B, shouldn't A get paid more?

Would this help or hurt MSU?

This is what happens, it's just mediated through conferences. All the SEC bowls guarantee a certain payout in exchange for their slot in the bowl pecking order with the SEC.

When the Liberty matched up SEC #7/8 with CUSA #1, I suspect the SEC still got a better payout because they bring more fans/eyeballs/interest. Or maybe it was the same b/c a CUSA champ generated as much ticket sales as an SEC team that was likely having a down year depending on which program it was.