Team with losing record in bowl game?

[1argoholic]

It's become all about the sponsers. The historic Peach Bowl is now named for a bad restaurant or something. Big money drives big time college ball and yet only one or two schools actually make a profit for their schools. Michigan is one. I saw a special on college football.

[ArgoRavi]

It's become all about the sponsers. The historic Peach Bowl is now named for a bad restaurant or something. Big money drives big time college ball and yet only one or two schools actually make a profit for their schools. Michigan is one. I saw a special on college football.

Only one or two schools actually make a profit off of football? I find that very hard to believe as football tends to be the major source of income for so many American universities.

[294life]

Only one or two schools actually make a profit off of football? I find that very hard to believe as football tends to be the major source of income for so many American universities.

What 1argo said I've heard before. Football programs are expensive to run and most universities would gladly do without.

[argolio]

What 1argo said I've heard before. Football programs are expensive to run and most universities would gladly do without.

If they would gladly do without, then most of them would.

I think every school in the five biggest conferences (PAC-12, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and ACC) makes money, and in some cases quite a lot. Most of the rest are probably somewhere around break-even, but those schools also have smaller budgets. Those schools also tend to by play more road games against larger schools as a way of balancing their books.

Where schools sometimes lose some money is when they go to a minor bowl game. The bowl payout doesn't always cover travel and accommodation.