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<blockquote data-quote="FredJacket" data-source="post: 277184" data-attributes="member: 2843"><p>Ok... so attendance is down at bowl games across the board. The article does a good job explaining that. I offer a serious response that may sound flippant.... so what?</p><p></p><p>I think we are well past saying attendance is the key metric as to the overall 'health' of college football, or more specifically, the college football post-season. I really do wish all bowls were sold out; but I understand why they are not. There are 41 bowls... that is a lot of bowls. </p><p></p><p>I happened to be with friends watching the semi-final games on Saturday; and we began to discuss the bowl situation in college football. Among the 3 of us there was plenty of disagreement on the "right" number of bowl games. I tend to believe as long as there is financial backing for a game, then it is overall "good" for a teams (even 6-win teams) to get the chance to play the extra game. They get at a minimum 2-3 weeks more time with coaches participating in productive practice/prep time. My assumption is the schools profit financially (if I'm wrong.. that changes my opinion some). I believe it is a great for the young kids to travel and go through the bowl experience.</p><p></p><p>No question the game experience is better when the stands are full... for the fans as well as the teams/players. However, I'm not sure the correct response is to just eliminate a bunch of bowls. What is the right number of bowls and how do you measure success as it relates to the college bowl season?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FredJacket, post: 277184, member: 2843"] Ok... so attendance is down at bowl games across the board. The article does a good job explaining that. I offer a serious response that may sound flippant.... so what? I think we are well past saying attendance is the key metric as to the overall 'health' of college football, or more specifically, the college football post-season. I really do wish all bowls were sold out; but I understand why they are not. There are 41 bowls... that is a lot of bowls. I happened to be with friends watching the semi-final games on Saturday; and we began to discuss the bowl situation in college football. Among the 3 of us there was plenty of disagreement on the "right" number of bowl games. I tend to believe as long as there is financial backing for a game, then it is overall "good" for a teams (even 6-win teams) to get the chance to play the extra game. They get at a minimum 2-3 weeks more time with coaches participating in productive practice/prep time. My assumption is the schools profit financially (if I'm wrong.. that changes my opinion some). I believe it is a great for the young kids to travel and go through the bowl experience. No question the game experience is better when the stands are full... for the fans as well as the teams/players. However, I'm not sure the correct response is to just eliminate a bunch of bowls. What is the right number of bowls and how do you measure success as it relates to the college bowl season? [/QUOTE]
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