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Originally posted by pangavan
But:
The Bowls are independant organizations that are making a ton of money off the BCS, The BIG 10 would not drop out of BCS if it was just Rose Bowl or nothing. All BCS would do is pump money into a lesser bowl and try to up its prestige
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True, but a coalition of the Have-Nots plus the Pac-10 could vote the bowl system out of existence, especially since most of the Have-Nots only receive tiny sums of bowl money after it's been split.
Sun Belt: $46,875 each from North Texas's appearance in the New Orleans Bowl.
MAC: $53,571.43 each from Miami-OH's appearance in the GMAC Bowl and Bowling Green's in the Motor City Bowl.
WAC: $150,000 each from 4 appearances (including Boise State in the Fort Worth Bowl, a spot originally slated for a Big XII team).
Mountain West: $178,125 each from 3 appearances
Conference USA: $195,454.54 each from 5 appearances
Navy: $550,000 from its appearance in the Houston Bowl
Pac-10: $940,000 each from 5 appearances
ACC: $998,611.11 each from 5 appearances
Big East: $1,123,437.50 each from 5 appearances
SEC: $1,200,208.33 each from 7 appearances (and their Houston Bowl bid went to Navy because the SEC didn't have enough eligible teams)
Big XII: $1,350,000 each from 8 appearances
Big Ten: $1,591,136 each from 8 appearances
The Football Bowl Alliance actually ADVERTISED on the Bowl Selection show yesterday. Maybe they're sensing something in the air as well. "Bowl Games ARE College Football", whatever.