Nick Carparelli is the executive director of Bowl Season, the group that represents the interests of CFB’s many bowl games. Alex and Richard interview him about:

* What if anything worries him right now about the state of bowls

* Bowls’ efforts to thrive in a world of opt outs, and how bowls might fit into the next economic iteration of the sport

* The payout landscape for different kinds of bowl games

* Bowls in baseball stadiums. Bowls in the Bahamas. What’s next?

* The differences between representing big bowls and small

* What Nick is thinking about the first-round playoff games that will exist outside the bowls

* How to make more bowl games matter to casual fans

* Also: Bill Belichick as a prospective college coach

Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson

Producer: Anthony Vito.

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