 As a member of the Bowl Championship Series, the Sugar Bowl hosted the BCS National Championship Game twice 2000 and 2004, as the national championship rotated between the bowls themselves until 2006 (when the national championship game became a standalone event separate from the four BCS bowls, but was still rotated among the venues and organizers of the bowls).The payout for the 2006 game was $14–17 million per participating team.According to "Sports Illustrated", the 2007 salary for Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan was $607,500.