December 05, 2006

Say it ain't so, Jack

During bowl season, the NCAA gives each player:
  • a travel allowance of 48.5-cents per mile to get from home to the bowl destination.
  • $500 for meals and entertainment on the trip.
  • $500 in gifts from the bowl's sponsors.
These gift packages include cool gadgets like iPods, PlayStations and camcorders. Here is what the gifts were last year.

Given Wisconsin DB Jack Ikegwuonu's alleged love of the Xbox, it would be ironic if that game system is part of the Capital One Bowl gift package this year.

1 comments:

Josh said...

Why do they do this? What's the benefit to the bowl to give stuff to the players? The players won't decide where to play next year.