Does this happen to SEC schools?

[GloryDawg]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/UConn-made-the-BCS-and-all-it-got-was-this-loom?urn=ncaaf-296921

 

[Dawgzilla]

From the very article you linked:

When Florida won the BCS championship in 2008, the university's profit from the advertised $17 million payday amounted to $47,000 – and that was with in-state travel, to Miami. The Gators took a loss on their 2006 BCS title trip to Glendale, as did their opponent, Ohio State.

What's not clear form the article is whether that loss includes the money UF received from the OTHER SEC teams going to bowls. The article included that money in UConn's loss of revenue, but I'm not sure if it was included in the calculations for UF. Regardless, the SEC and Big Ten schools at least make up for this loss with other cash flow from the conference.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

The bowl committees and CEOs bring in salaries well into 6 figures for putting on a single football game just to saddle the university with these terrible deals. The tickets are one thing, but hotel rooms? What interests do the university presidents have in keeping this up?

 

[aTotal360]

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[jakldawg]

Florida fans boycott Sugar Bowl; tickets up for grabs.

 

[bullysleftnut]

According to one of the comments on that article, Florida's Athletic Association was expecting a huge demand on the tickets, so they limited the sales to people who had a certain number of points - when they didn't sell them all they were scrambling to find buyers.

I don't know if it's true but it might explain the lack of sales. I can't imagine even the most spoiled of fan bases being pissed off at an 11-1 record.