(01-04-2012 11:41 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  Common misconception about SMU students is that they are all rich (take me for example). I bought 20 tickets and all of them will be used by students. It is hard for some to ask for time off from work immediately after the holidays.

Have you ever seen the movie "Less Than Zero"? I can't help but think of a school like SMU when I see that movie.

(01-04-2012 01:06 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  If a school can't sell the tickets or buy them, just turn down the bowl invite. That seems simple enough. Why should the stronger programs in the conference that sell their tickets, take fans to bowl games and manage to pay for unsold tickets help to pay the way for those programs that can't?

Just turn down the bowl invite. Programs do it all the time. Most bowls have contingencies in their contracts to cover teams being unavailable.

If a school can't sell tickets or at least buy what isn't sold, maybe they need to stay home.
CJ

If a school turns down a bowl invite, that will probably mean the conference doesnt put a team in that bowl, meaning all conference members lose the money from its payout.