WASHINGTON (AP) – The committee that runs the Orange Bowl bumped up its CEO’s pay by nearly $150,000 in 2009 – boosting his compensation to more than $500,000.
The Orange Bowl says the increase was mostly supplemental compensation given to CEO Eric Poms for “the added work and effort involved” in hosting two Bowl Championship Series games in 2009, including the national championship, in south Florida.
The Orange Bowl is one of four top college football games that also host the BCS title game once every four seasons. The others are the Sugar, Rose and Fiesta Bowls.
Playoff PAC, which has challenged the Orange Bowl’s tax-exemption status to the IRS, argued that Poms’ pay wasn’t justified.
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