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Half of the bowls are for Group of 5 teams.  ESPN uses less expensive talent and probably gets a sweetheart deal from the hosts of those games.  Most of those teams don’t get that much visibility during the regular season and don’t require much of a payout.

ESPN owns 17 of the 41 bowl games, mostly games scheduled prior to Christmas between Group of 5 teams.  I’m sure they make a nice profit.  Otherwise, they would eliminate the expense by wiping the game off the schedule.

[Giants]

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Half of the bowls are for Group of 5 teams.  ESPN uses less expensive talent and probably gets a sweetheart deal from the hosts of those games.  Most of those teams don’t get that much visibility during the regular season and don’t require much of a payout.

ESPN owns 17 of the 41 bowl games, mostly games scheduled prior to Christmas between Group of 5 teams.  I’m sure they make a nice profit.  Otherwise, they would eliminate the expense by wiping the game off the schedule.