Filed under: Bowl Games, Sports Business and Media, BCS Championship Game
GLENDALE, Ariz. - On Monday night, No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Oregon play in the final bowl game of the 2010 season. The BCS national title game between the Tigers and Ducks will be the last of 35 bowl games played over the past 24 days.There will have been a record 35 teams that won bowls -- and, yes, a record 35 teams that lost bowls -- with thousands of student-athletes enjoying what bowl supporters call "experiences of a lifetime."
"And (the bowl system) does this while maintaining college football's wonderful regular season," BCS executive director Bill Hancock wrote in a USA Today editorial last month. "And also by preserving America's unique multi-day bowl tradition that rewards student-athletes with a celebratory bowl-game week."
However, not only does it reward student-athletes with a "celebratory bowl-game week," it also rewards bowl executives. And rather handsomely.
Thirteen bowl executives make more than $240,000 annually, including three bowl officials who make more than $500,000 a year, according to salary figures obtained by the Sports Business Journal.
Outback Bowl president/CEO Jim McVay heads the list, earning $808,032 a year, followed by Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan ($645,386) and Chick-fil-A Bowl president/CEO Gary Stokan ($504,444).
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