04/20/24
March 05, 2011
Auburn Spent $2.9 Million on BCS Trip: Despite being given an expense allowance of nearly $2.3 million from the SEC for the BCS Championship game, the University of Auburn ran a deficit of $600,000 at the event. That total includes $600,000 for the 473-member traveling party of team and staff to go on the trip for nine days and $360,000 for 435 band members and cheerleaders to attend for four days. The school also bought tickets for 2,456 tickets to attend at a cost of $780,000.
... and I am sure it was worth every penny of it.
... to the 900 or so that got to go.
posted by graymatters at 02:13 PM on March 05, 2011
Um, wow. What graymatters said.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 07:29 PM on March 05, 2011
The school also bought tickets for 2,456 tickets to attend at a cost of $780,000.
If they didn't buy tickets for tickets to attend they would have been alright;)
posted by tselson at 11:28 PM on March 05, 2011
LOL, tickets for tickets...no wonder the NCAA is making so much money off of football.
Actually, I think they must have been fairly frugal. $360,000 for 435 people for 4 days, that's just over $200 a day. flight, hotels, meals...that's pretty reasonable. Had to take their band and cheerleaders, wouldn't you think?
Those damn tickets.
posted by dviking at 12:55 AM on March 08, 2011
The deficit is nothing but the equivalent of breakfast money to Mr. Lowder, I would assume.
473 plus 435 is an awful lot of people to transport, house, and feed.