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Uconn lost 1.8M playing in BCS

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  1. JoeHead JoeHead is offline

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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 9:39pm)

    Nice system..

    http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefoot...ta-Bowl-030211
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 9:41pm) in reply to JoeHead

     

    According to financial records from the Fiesta Bowl, UConn incurred $4.3 million in expenses, while receiving a payout from the Big East of $2.5 million for making it to the prestigious Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game against Oklahoma.
    The largest burden for the school was ticket costs, as the athletic department was forced to absorb a nearly $3 million charge for unused tickets. The Fiesta Bowl allotted UConn 17,500 tickets, but the athletic department only sold 2,771 of them and had to pay for the rest.
    In addition, the cost of traveling to Glendale, Ariz.., for the game totaled $685,195, while UConn also spent a total of $460,941 on meals and lodging for the team, administrators, cheerleaders and the band.

    Get new "what if" staff IMO.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 9:47pm) in reply to tkeat1653

    UConn was allotted 17,500 tickets
    UConn sold only 2,771 and had to pay for the rest.

    So were there ~15,000 empty seats for the Fiesta Bowl? Because if not - then someone sold those tickets and got money for them. Article is unclear on that but...

    (1) If UConn had to pay for the tickets, did they then sell them on (like) StubHub and where is that income being reported; or
    (2) If the BCS/Fiesta Bowl retained the tickets and sold them, then what happened with that money (did they basically get double the money on those ~15,000 tickets or was that somehow sent back to UConn).

    Because if #2 - and they didn't sell all ~15,000 seats, then yes, UConn should have paid for those unsold tickets. That should have been the only charge back to UConn.
     
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 9:51pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

    Boo fucking hoo.

    Serves some of these teams right for chasing relentlessly after the money and spotlight-there are too many bowl games, and with any luck, this may wake up some teams, though I doubt Notre Dame will be one. After all, the system was modified so as to allow teams with six wins or more to qualify, especially for them!
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 10:00pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

     
    Originally Posted by SpankyHamm View Post

    UConn was allotted 17,500 tickets
    UConn sold only 2,771 and had to pay for the rest.

    So were there ~15,000 empty seats for the Fiesta Bowl? Because if not - then someone sold those tickets and got money for them. .

    Schools have to pay full price for the seats. Fans don't, they can wait for the price to drop online.

    This really hurts schools that play in crap bowls, for instance the Pizza bowl. The unlucky squads that face off in that game pay full ticket prices while the fans buy tickets online for 5 cents on gameday.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 10:06pm) in reply to JoeHead

    get rid of the shitty Pizza Pizza Bowl then?
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 10:18pm) in reply to thereraise

     
    Originally Posted by thereraise View Post

    get rid of the shitty Pizza Pizza Bowl then?

    Almost all the bowls have the "ticket gaurantee". Not many schools can sell that many at full price. The BCS suits are making a killing though.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:00pm) in reply to JoeHead

    If they only had a system that fans were interested in seeing, then the schools wouldn't have to foot the cost of unsold tickets.

    The tickets would sell so well, it would be madness I tell you...... madness.
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:07pm) in reply to RaidenRadio

    Check out my GG Uconn football thread, I'm a shameless thread promoter tho. "Only in America"
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:21pm) in reply to Mr323

    Can't teams refuse to play in bowl games? If UConn knew they were gonna take a huge financial hit by accepting the bowl bid, wouldn't they just decline it?
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    Mar 2nd, 2011 (3/2/2011 11:24pm) in reply to NetFan44

    Yes, if they had any sense of how to run a organization. (Another shamless plug) I wrote the gg UConn football program thred and hours later the kids Dad that I went to Cuse' with demanded 3 million back pay in donations, this program is doomed.
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 12:19am) in reply to JoeHead

     
    Originally Posted by JoeHead View Post

    Nice system..

    Is it time for a college football playoff thread already?
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 12:28am) in reply to BadAllergies

    change comment in OP to "nice fan base" imo
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 1:01am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    change comment in OP to "nice fan base" imo


    I mean, yeah. But doesn't this seem to give even more power to the biggest programs? What if another little, less prestigious program hits the BCS big time next year? Who also has a small or less raucous fan base...

    Just seems like this example further sheds light on the top heavy skew that exists.
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 1:26am) in reply to AbnormalQ

    Sure, being Uconn football doesn't help but it's not just teams with "nice fan bases" that are getting the shaft.

    "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. "

    -rivals
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 1:29am) in reply to JoeHead

    the bowl game is only part of it. what about merchandise? donations? these big schools are making money every year, loss on the bowl game or not.

    getting rid of the BCS won't change the haves and have-nots of the college football world.
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 1:33am) in reply to JoeHead

     
    Originally Posted by JoeHead View Post

    Sure, being Uconn football doesn't help but it's not just teams with "nice fan bases" that are getting the shaft.

    "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. "

    -rivals

    Florida – $68,715,750 in revenue and reported $44,258,193 in profit - This is 2010 but i'm sure theirs a similar profit percentage for 06 and 08
    http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2010/top-college-football-teams-2010-profit/
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 1:38am) in reply to BadAllergies

    "The largest burden for the school was ticket costs, as the athletic department was forced to absorb a nearly $3 million charge for unused tickets"

    3,000,000 divided by the approximate 15,000 unsold tickets yields a price of 200 per ticket. Seems way too high?
     
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 2:20am) in reply to SgtKyle

     
    Originally Posted by SgtKyle View Post

    "The largest burden for the school was ticket costs, as the athletic department was forced to absorb a nearly $3 million charge for unused tickets"

    3,000,000 divided by the approximate 15,000 unsold tickets yields a price of 200 per ticket. Seems way too high?

    Sounds about right when you figure the average of lower level and upper level tickets prices. With that said, you couldn't give these tickets away this year. They were going for way below face value.
    Edited By: ibarrio Mar 3rd, 2011 at 02:21 AM
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 2:29am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    the bowl game is only part of it. what about merchandise? donations? these big schools are making money every year, loss on the bowl game or not.

    getting rid of the BCS won't change the haves and have-nots of the college football world.

    All true^

    But to have football teams, no matter the team lose money playing in the so called biggest college football games is ridiculous. They should be printing money before selling merchandise etc..

    Bad Allergies, obv these Universities make millions every year. C'mon son.

    Let's play the Uconn vs. Oklahoma game in Norman. Winner moves on to the semi finals.

    -Tickets sell out in minutes at face value (name the price). The ticket sales are the main problem with these games.

    -Instead of the Bowl venue taking money, the school gets paid with stadium marketing, sponsers, parking, concessions and on and on
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 2:53am) in reply to JoeHead

    then don't use Florida as an example for a school losing money for 1 game, think big picture.
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 5:50am) in reply to BadAllergies

    i understand that a lot of these games are played outside in great weather (for the most part) in the southern states. some of the games however on Jan 1st are semi cold and dont always guarantee good weather. for instance the penn state vs LSU capitol one bowl last year was played after there was a ton of rain and on a brutal field. i dont understand why there is not a major bowl up north/midwest. this would generate a lot more money for the bowls and travel expenses would be a lot lower for many fan bases. the big ten fans travel better/as well as any other conference. there really should be a major bowl in Indianapolis. it is a great small town with a very nice stadium. im not saying a BCS game but a bowl on the level of the capitol one bowl would seem to work and it would sell out no problem. this would cut down on travel expenses for a lot of universities and all the southern schools would see what it is like to play an away game for their bowl like all the northern teams do.
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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 10:21am) in reply to HoldThzNutz

    lol @ losing money. these schools make tens of millions of their football programs, it's laughable to point out one instance where they lost money.

    that'd be like highlighting one sunday million where gboro lost $215, and acting like the entire system is a scam.
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