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MaximumSam

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Re: The future of bowl games ...
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2023, 07:18:29 AM »
I've noticed that bowl games, while they used to be mostly nonprofit scams, have been increasingly bought up or invented by ESPN to provide content. 

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Re: The future of bowl games ...
« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2023, 07:22:08 AM »
Peach Bowl, Inc. - Peach Bowl (chick-fil-apeachbowl.com)

They are a 501(c)3 operation still, to the extent that means much.  Maybe ESPN bought up more minor bowls?

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Re: The future of bowl games ...
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2023, 07:34:40 AM »
Peach Bowl, Inc. - Peach Bowl (chick-fil-apeachbowl.com)

They are a 501(c)3 operation still, to the extent that means much.  Maybe ESPN bought up more minor bowls?
Yes, many of the minor bowls or new bowl games are ran by ESPN Events. The big boys are still nonprofits. Gary Stokan, the CEO of the Peach Bowl, made 688K last year. Not bad pay to put on one game. 

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Re: The future of bowl games ...
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2023, 07:51:11 AM »
That is a problem I have with larger "nonprofits" often as not, they can pay their execs whatever and still be NP.  They do feature more than one game though.

The other scam I notice is politicians etc. writing books with hefty fees and then anyone who wants to curry their favor will buy up their books in large numbers before dumping them.  Person X is asked to give a speech to company Y employees who are all given a copy of their book.  Well, that's two, there are more of course.


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« Reply #32 on: July 13, 2023, 09:13:08 AM »
 Gary Stokan, the CEO of the Peach Bowl, made 688K last year. 
a good retirement job for me
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