Note: ESPN had previously secured the rights to the Rose, Sugar and Orange Bowl games for the same 12-year period (through January 2026).
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Not only are there strict rules against any harsh treatment of the animals, but also elephants may not play more than two 20-minute games a day and each animal is rewarded with sugar cane or rice balls full of molasses and rock salt after each match.
In the first year, the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans and the Rose Bowl will host those games.
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The network televises all five games from the current format, including the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta Bowls, as well as the BCS National Championship Game.
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Recall that the penalty was to suspend these players for the first 5 games for the 2011 season, but not the upcoming Sugar Bowl showdown versus Arkansas on January 4th.
This is because participants in the other BCS bowl games (the Rose Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl) all receive the same payout as that given to BCS National Championship game participants.
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Simply stated, no Big 6 conference can have more than two teams competing in any of the games sponsored through the BCS. No Fiesta bowling, Orange, Sugar, or Championship game.
Combined with previous deals for the Rose, Sugar and Orange Bowls, the arrangement would provide ESPN with rights to all games that are involved in the new post-season arrangement to determine a college football national champion.
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Combined with previous deals to broadcast the Rose, Sugar and Orange bowls, Wednesday's agreement could give ESPN the rights to all the games involved in the new postseason arrangement, according to a news release.
Five bowl games lost money, including two of the biggest and most prestigious, the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl.
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