Bowl Game in The Bahamas

[RCAJUN90]

A flight from NOLA to Miami will set you back about $300.00. From there you could take a Cuban Cruise.

[Hatch]

A bowl game would be one hell of an excursion for a 4 day cruise

That was my first thought too, the bowl game should contract with a cruise company to put together a bowl package. Save a certain number of cabins until the teams are announced, have a package that includes a ticket and transportation from the port to the stadium. You could have exclusive tailgate parties on the ship beforehand, set up activities were the fans from opposite schools compete on the way there and so on. I would be in it would be a blast.

[VObserver]

I'd like to know what the payout would be. I would think a bowl game in The Bahamas would at least come with a big fat payout to offset the increased travel costs and entice a school to pick them over other bowls.

Bowl games do not have payouts. Each school has to buy (discounted) tickets with a face value of the announced payout. If you don't sell enough tickets, you lose money; hence every school loses their butt on the Hawaii bowl..

[castsdan]

Bowl games do not have payouts. Each school has to buy (discounted) tickets with a face value of the announced payout. If you don't sell enough tickets, you lose money; hence every school loses their butt on the Hawaii bowl..

Yes they do, for example the payout for the New Orleans Bowl is roughly $500,000 per team, now after you figure in conference revenue sharing each team goes home with less than that. You are correct that each team has to buy X amount of tickets and if they don't sell them they will lose money, see UCONN in the sugar bowl a few years ago

Here's the link that shows you the payout for each bowl
http://www.ncaafootball.com/Bowls.aspx

ETA: the safety concerns with playing in the Bahamas would be no different than any other bowl game played in a big city such as: New Orleans, New York, Miami, Detroit, etc...

[Policarp]

Bahamas v Detroit in winter. Not much to debate. Been to both.....gimme da beach.

[CajunDreDog]

Yes they do, for example the payout for the New Orleans Bowl is roughly $500,000 per team, now after you figure in conference revenue sharing each team goes home with less than that. You are correct that each team has to buy X amount of tickets and if they don't sell them they will lose money, see UCONN in the sugar bowl a few years ago

Here's the link that shows you the payout for each bowl
http://www.ncaafootball.com/Bowls.aspx

ETA: the safety concerns with playing in the Bahamas would be no different than any other bowl game played in a big city such as: New Orleans, New York, Miami, Detroit, etc...

This is incorect. VO is correct. You have to sell $500,000 worth of tickets to the New Orleans bowl to get your payout.

[Boomer]

Well I think I would really like it--My Son-in-law is the director/partner of the LPGA tourney in the Bahamas------ Hell I might start playing golf!!! Anyway he and my daughter are there quite often and I think it is time for the old man to check it out---They never come to UL games except the 2 Bowls that were about 4 blocks from their house---Oh and she did help carry the goal post after T-A and M!!! maybe she is good luck!!!

[BeauCajun]

Well I think I would really like it--My Son-in-law is the director/partner of the LPGA tourney in the Bahamas------ Hell I might start playing golf!!! Anyway he and my daughter are there quite often and I think it is time for the old man to check it out---They never come to UL games except the 2 Bowls that were about 4 blocks from their house---Oh and she did help carry the goal post after T-A and M!!! maybe she is good luck!!!

Boomer, the cruise ship will leave out of Don's Boat Landing 3 days prior to the game.

[VObserver]

Yes they do, for example the payout for the New Orleans Bowl is roughly $500,000 per team, now after you figure in conference revenue sharing each team goes home with less than that. You are correct that each team has to buy X amount of tickets and if they don't sell them they will lose money, see UCONN in the sugar bowl a few years ago

Here's the link that shows you the payout for each bowl
http://www.ncaafootball.com/Bowls.aspx

ETA: the safety concerns with playing in the Bahamas would be no different than any other bowl game played in a big city such as: New Orleans, New York, Miami, Detroit, etc...

That payout number is the amount of money a school will receive if it sells out its ticket allotment. There is NO direct payment to the school from the bowl.

[castsdan]

That payout number is the amount of money a school will receive if it sells out its ticket allotment. There is NO direct payment to the school from the bowl.

You do not have to sell out your ticket allotment in order to receive money for going to a bowl. When I worked at Arkansas, we did not sell out the 17,500 tickets we were allotted from the Sugar Bowl. We actually came up somewhere around the $340,000 mark short. After you figure in all the expenses and the fact we received 3.9 million, once the conference divided up all the money, for playing in the sugar bowl; we only turned about a $5,000 profit.

Most conferences share the money equally amongst all the teams. So teams like Vanderbilt get roughly the same amount of money as Alabama, even though Alabama is the one playing in the game that generates the most money. Now the Big 12 is different, they do not have equal revenue sharing, so a team like Texas gets a bulk of the money before revenue sharing starts.