Lost in the shadow of the mighty College Football Playoff, several less prestigious postseason bowl games recently have faced a tough choice.
Costs had gone up. Attendance was going down. What could they do about it?
Three of them decided to bail out:
• In January, the non-profit owner of the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego announced it was cancelling the game after 12 years.
• A few months later, the non-profit Miami Beach Bowl announced it was selling itself to ESPN Events after not being able to find a title sponsor since its birth in 2014.