We know the Holiday Bowl and Fenway Bowl have already been canceled. It is being increasingly apparent that no crowds or greatly reduced crowds will be allowed. My understanding is that most of the bowls struggle to turn a profit and are staged mostly to boost tourism dollars during relatively slack periods.
A lot of people aren’t going to fly and a lot of people won’t even be willing to drive long distances to go to bowl games. I don’t see how a normal bowl season is going to work financially.
I expect a lot more bowls to announce they are sitting this year out. Kind of surprised we haven’t seen a lot of announcements yet. The Holiday and Fenway bowls were canceled in October.
If these bowls are going to be played, I think ESPN is going to have to step up with more television money. But the ratings for games on TV are awful and ESPN Is not exactly flush with cash (they just had another major layoff).
What am I missing here?