Alabama spent more than $3.9 million on the bowl game in New Orleans for the Jan. 9 BCS National Championship Game against LSU. That cost was offset by a $1.925 million payout by the bowl to each of the participating schools for expenses.
Apr 11, 2012 9:22pm
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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 9:24 PMApr 11, 2012 9:24 PM
How does it cost that much to send your team to the BCS? If I'm a school that knows how to spend money, then yeah there is no doubt I'm going to a BCS Title game. The recruits, TV time, etc. that comes with it is great.
Apr 11, 2012 9:24pm
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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 9:35 PMApr 11, 2012 9:35 PM
Here's the expense report...lol @ 1.5 million in "other" expenses
I mean it is the SEC, so I am guessing each player got a gym bag full of money.
Apr 11, 2012 10:02pm
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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 10:21 PMApr 11, 2012 10:21 PM
Roids and Payment for the players....
Apr 11, 2012 10:21pm
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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 10:23 PMApr 11, 2012 10:23 PM
lol at the perdiem and meals for the "official party" (49 people) for 3 days being 137k and the band and cheerleaders (393 people) being 60k for 4 days.
Apr 11, 2012 10:23pm
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Thu, Apr 12, 2012 9:28 AMApr 12, 2012 9:28 AM
They spent more money in 1 day to travel the team and staff (336 people) then they spent on the band and cheerleaders (393) the whole 4 days they traveled.
It came out to ~28,000/ day for the team and staff, while they spent a total of ~18,000 for the 4 day trip for band and staff.
Funny stuff.
Apr 12, 2012 9:28am
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Thu, Apr 12, 2012 9:57 AMApr 12, 2012 9:57 AM
Only in the SEC...
Apr 12, 2012 9:57am
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Thu, Apr 12, 2012 3:38 PMApr 12, 2012 3:38 PM
Sonofanump;1142124 wrote:Hookers and blow.
Roll Damn Tide !!!
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Mon, Apr 16, 2012 11:21 AMApr 16, 2012 11:21 AM
sleeper;1142474 wrote:Only in the SEC...
Probably.
Apr 16, 2012 11:21am
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Mon, Apr 16, 2012 5:22 PMApr 16, 2012 5:22 PM
Saban got 400K for playing in the national championship game, I am sure other coaches got bonuses as well. I imagine that was included in the cost sheet as performance bonuses.
Apr 16, 2012 5:22pm
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Mon, Apr 16, 2012 7:29 PMApr 16, 2012 7:29 PM
ccrunner609;1145402 wrote:someone should be fired for that.....but the football program there makes more then $80 million a year for that university.
Than
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Tue, Apr 17, 2012 3:26 PMApr 17, 2012 3:26 PM
Wouldn't it cost just as much for any bowl game as long as you took the same amount of people and stayed the same length of time. I would rather pay that for my team to make the bcd title game and get a ton of advertising for my school then pay that for the papa johns bowl team
