The Sports Journal's David Broughton has a comprehensive list of gifts that are going to be handed out to this year's bowl participants and it probably puts your Christmas list to shame.
FedEx Orange Bowl officials have reserved a suite at each of the team hotels, the Westin Diplomat and Fontainebleau, and plan to stock them exclusively with Sony Electronics products. On the night that each of the teams arrives in town, the players will be invited to the suite, handed a folio that not coincidentally features their school colors and is emblazoned with the bowl logo, and given what is basically a $300 credit line. Players can check off from a list in the folio the items that they want (up to $300 in total value), and the gifts will be delivered to the addresses of their choice.
Along with a bevy of gifts from Sony, a variety of gadgets and luxuries will be provided from Apple, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike and Nintendo just to name a few. Check out the full list to see what each Nittany Lion will be taking home from Pasadena (besides a Rose Bowl Championship...zing!).
http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/60900
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This happens in all of college sports, not just bowl games. There are gifts given at the big ten basketball tournament (and everyone plays in that one). The NCAA tournament is the same way...watches, playstations, digital cameras. Hell, even swimmers get a backpack full of stuff at the B10 championships. Since everyone is profiting off of these athletes, I think its fair that they get a little something.
I agree. I used to have a big gripe about the "student athletes" getting gifts and prizes and such, but now I realize, why not. Everyone banks of them, why not get them a new watch or something.
I'm sure everyone has heard the news about Devlin already. Not unexpected. The problem is now Clark is the only QB on the team next year. We are not the top of the list for any of our three recruits. Ouch. This could be a program changing event. Let's hope not. In the meantime, enjoy this:
http://www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/12/cbs-announcer-goes-to-hospital-after-tebowner-lasts-for-more-than-four-hours.html
Vote for Coach Paterno:
http://www.coachoftheyear.com/?&src=COY;ESPN
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