1. 16:48 31st Dec 2011

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    Do the college football bowl game payouts drive fan interest and television ratings?  Based on the data from the 2010-11 bowl games there does seem to be a relationship but the curve goes flatter as BCS game payouts are compared to television viewers.  Ratings x television households = viewers. The Orange and Fiesta Bowls were the least efficient when comparing payout to viewers, both paying more than $2.00 per viewer. Every bowl game had at least a 1.5 rating, or 1.5% of households watching.  The BCS championship game had a 15.29 rating.  The $17,000,000 payout for that game made it about $1.00 per viewer and many of the lesser bowl games were well below the $1.00 per viewer cost.  

    Do the college football bowl game payouts drive fan interest and television ratings?  Based on the data from the 2010-11 bowl games there does seem to be a relationship but the curve goes flatter as BCS game payouts are compared to television viewers.  Ratings x television households = viewers.

    The Orange and Fiesta Bowls were the least efficient when comparing payout to viewers, both paying more than $2.00 per viewer.

    Every bowl game had at least a 1.5 rating, or 1.5% of households watching.  The BCS championship game had a 15.29 rating.  The $17,000,000 payout for that game made it about $1.00 per viewer and many of the lesser bowl games were well below the $1.00 per viewer cost.