From the Blah:

Quote:Toledo, meanwhile, sold about 300 tickets for last December’s Potato Bowl. It received $225,000 for the 2011 Military Bowl in Washington and $475,000 last year, but spent $518,000 and $699,000, respectively, according to school records.

The expenses did not reflect a binge, either. For the Military Bowl, they included $145,000 on the team’s charter flight, $4,500 on individual flights, $200,000 on hotels and catering, $16,000 on buses, $27,000 on player and staff per diems, $26,000 on equipment and supplies, $18,000 on player housing while the dorms were closed, $5,000 on rental cars, and $4,000 on entertainment in the hotel game room.

UT athletic director Mike O’Brien said his department has helped offset recent bowl losses with unexpected revenues — $130,000 from former Rockets coach Tim Beckman’s buyout in 2011 and more than $360,000 from Northern Illinois’ appearance in a BCS game last year. (Toledo went 7-5 this season but was not selected for a bowl.)

“We do what we can creatively,” O’Brien said.

http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2013/1...e2tCJsL.99

Interesting. Why did they spend $5,000 on rental cars in DC? Why spend $4,500 on individual flights when they spent $145k on a charter flight?

Bowl games in general are not money makers for programs. The only time in recent years that Michigan finished in the black, was when they did not go to a bowl game.

This story must be setting the stage for publishing BGSU's income statement for the REAL Cheese Bowl. I wonder where they're going to bury the expense for towing and a new set of wheels for their equipment truck.

(12-22-2013 10:27 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  From the Blah:

Quote:Toledo, meanwhile, sold about 300 tickets for last December’s Potato Bowl. It received $225,000 for the 2011 Military Bowl in Washington and $475,000 last year, but spent $518,000 and $699,000, respectively, according to school records.

The expenses did not reflect a binge, either. For the Military Bowl, they included $145,000 on the team’s charter flight, $4,500 on individual flights, $200,000 on hotels and catering, $16,000 on buses, $27,000 on player and staff per diems, $26,000 on equipment and supplies, $18,000 on player housing while the dorms were closed, $5,000 on rental cars, and $4,000 on entertainment in the hotel game room.

UT athletic director Mike O’Brien said his department has helped offset recent bowl losses with unexpected revenues — $130,000 from former Rockets coach Tim Beckman’s buyout in 2011 and more than $360,000 from Northern Illinois’ appearance in a BCS game last year. (Toledo went 7-5 this season but was not selected for a bowl.)

“We do what we can creatively,” O’Brien said.

http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2013/1...e2tCJsL.99

Interesting. Why did they spend $5,000 on rental cars in DC? Why spend $4,500 on individual flights when they spent $145k on a charter flight?

The official party probably included the President, Provost, and a few members of the Board of Trustees. They would not fly on the charter with the team to DC for the game, but might have caught the charter flight back.

(12-23-2013 09:58 AM)Pulltown Falcon Wrote:  

(12-22-2013 10:27 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  From the Blah:

Quote:Toledo, meanwhile, sold about 300 tickets for last December’s Potato Bowl. It received $225,000 for the 2011 Military Bowl in Washington and $475,000 last year, but spent $518,000 and $699,000, respectively, according to school records.

The expenses did not reflect a binge, either. For the Military Bowl, they included $145,000 on the team’s charter flight, $4,500 on individual flights, $200,000 on hotels and catering, $16,000 on buses, $27,000 on player and staff per diems, $26,000 on equipment and supplies, $18,000 on player housing while the dorms were closed, $5,000 on rental cars, and $4,000 on entertainment in the hotel game room.

UT athletic director Mike O’Brien said his department has helped offset recent bowl losses with unexpected revenues — $130,000 from former Rockets coach Tim Beckman’s buyout in 2011 and more than $360,000 from Northern Illinois’ appearance in a BCS game last year. (Toledo went 7-5 this season but was not selected for a bowl.)

“We do what we can creatively,” O’Brien said.

http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2013/1...e2tCJsL.99

Interesting. Why did they spend $5,000 on rental cars in DC? Why spend $4,500 on individual flights when they spent $145k on a charter flight?

The official party probably included the President, Provost, and a few members of the Board of Trustees. They would not fly on the charter with the team to DC for the game, but might have caught the charter flight back.

Bingo! The players leave a week early for some of those games. The higher ups at any university will fly out only a couple of days before the bowl game and then the university charters a flight back to where ever on a bigger plane.