College football traditionalists are known to blab about how there are too many modern bowls. In the 2014-15 season, there will be 39 FBS bowls. That means 78 of the 125 full FBS members will get a lick of the postseason.
On Wednesday, one of those bowls changed its name to something unique. Previously sponsored by magicJack (2008) and Beef O'Brady's (2009-2013), the St. Petersburg Bowl officially changed its name to the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. Bitcoin, the digital currency payment system, has never hosted a college football game since the company's introduction in 2009. The inaugural Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl will be played Dec. 26 at Tropicana Field between ACC and American Athletic Conference teams.
Attention College #Football Fans! We are officially the Bitcoin St.Petersburg Bowl! #btcbowl @BitPay pic.twitter.com/A3GqZG9MdA
— Bitcoin Bowl (@BitcoinBowl) June 18, 2014
There is some obvious skepticism over a bowl that features a dollar sign-type logo.
We now have a bowl game sponsored by BitCoin. Is it legal to pay players with it?
— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) June 18, 2014
And of course, that was just the start of the fun:
what would the gift suite at the bitcoin bowl even involve
— Holly Anderson (@HollyAnderson) June 18, 2014
I feel like the selections for the Bitcoin Bowl should fluctuate wildly. At 4 pm, they can take SEC No. 3. At 5:05, they can take MAC No. 6.
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) June 18, 2014
Also, I hope the NCAA Amateurism Cabinet signed off on the Bitcoin Bowl
— Patrick Hruby (@patrick_hruby) June 18, 2014
