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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 620135, member: 2141"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]PS – Remember when one of the key criteria why UConn did not get an ACC invite last time around was because of the Huskies poor performance on the field and poor ticket sales in the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma?[/FONT][/COLOR] [INDENT=1][URL='http://articles.courant.com/2011-03-02/news/hc-uconn-fiesta-bowl-loss-20110302_1_advance-tickets-fiesta-bowl-stubhub'][U][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Calibri][url]http://articles.courant.com/2011-03-02/news/hc-uconn-fiesta-bowl-loss-20110302_1_advance-tickets-fiesta-bowl-stubhub[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/url][U][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT=1][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Playing on New Year's Day on national TV in a major bowl game, long the goal of any big-time football program, sounds like a moneymaker. But with the exposure and prestige comes the harsh reality of the bowl culture. Schools lose money in large part because they are forced to sell millions of dollars worth of tickets and have to absorb the losses if they do not.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT=1][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]The University of Connecticut lost $1,663,560 in its Bowl Championship Series game loss to Oklahoma on Jan.1, according to Mike Enright, associate athletic director for communications. The Huskies, like other Division I-A schools, had to file a report to the NCAA by March 1. The document shows that UConn was required to purchase $3,349,835 worth of tickets but realized only $676,248 from ticket sales. So the school was out $2,673,587 on ticket sales alone.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]So, after reading the below news about Florida, which is an unquestioned football power, does that mean they should be uninvited from the SEC?[/FONT][/COLOR] [INDENT=1][URL='http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/390746-gators-took-nearly-1m-loss-on-sugar-bowl?eref=sihp'][U][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=Calibri][url]http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/390746-gators-took-nearly-1m-loss-on-sugar-bowl?eref=sihp[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/url][U][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Gators took nearly $1M loss on Sugar Bowl[/FONT][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]From a couple of perspectives, the Sugar Bowl wound up being bittersweet for the University of Florida. Falling to Charlie Strong and Louisville in New Orleans on Jan. 2 wasn't the only loss. ... The Gators also came out on the losing end financially because the school fell well short of selling its required allotment of 17,500 tickets. It was revealed at the UAA's annual budget meeting Wednesday that UF lost about $840,000 on the Sugar Bowl, mostly due to unsold tickets. UF was one of several SEC schools that took a loss on bowl ticket sales this past year, something that the league addressed at its annual spring meetings in Destin last month. Commissioner Mike Slive said the SEC will be pushing for a lower minimum number of tickets.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Only good news here is that because this is Florida and the SEC, maybe the entire Bowl ticket allocation system, which reminds me of a mob shake-down, will finally be changed.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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