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Report: Florida loses $840,000 on Sugar Bowl visit
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:47 am
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:47 am
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Getting invited to play in a bowl game does not guarantee that a school will not lose money when making an appearance. In fact, bowl appearances sometimes cost more than what they generate -- even BCS games that feature the sport's biggest names.
And it turns out even one of the best-run athletic departments in the country playing in its conference's most sought-after bowl destination isn't immune. The Gainesville Sun reported that at an annual budget meeting Wednesday, Florida revealed it lost $840,000 when in played in January's Sugar Bowl. The culprit: The Gators athletic department was unable to sell its allotment of 17,500 tickets. There was a sizable amount of unsold tickets.
The financial blow is insult to injury after former Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong and his Louisville Cardinals dominated the Gators, 33-23.
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Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:49 am to Swoopin
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Louisville
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:49 am to Swoopin
I heard this on a shitty, hack job low rent, sports radio show on Thursday, so I'm going to assume it's been posted here.
But thats unreal how much they lost
But thats unreal how much they lost
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:52 am to Swoopin
that's pathetic. fairweather fan base in the state of Florida will be UF's achille's heel.
Tennessee's 2013 Spring game had higher attendance (61,076) than 2013 Sugar Bowl (54,178)
Tennessee's 2013 Spring game had higher attendance (61,076) than 2013 Sugar Bowl (54,178)
This post was edited on 6/16/13 at 8:57 am
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:55 am to Swoopin
Unlike Tennessee, they can afford to lose it.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:02 am to TT9
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Unlike Tennessee, they can afford to lose it.
Haha! It's funny because they're poor
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:02 am to TT9
really they did not loose that- the sugar payout is divided by all sec teams , are all sec team bowls
the $20m payout they get at the destin meeting, is their share of all bowls. if they had sold the tickets they would have made the 850,0000. the sec determines how much they are allocated in expenses & most teams, do not cover the budget, but get a share of everyone that plays
the $20m payout they get at the destin meeting, is their share of all bowls. if they had sold the tickets they would have made the 850,0000. the sec determines how much they are allocated in expenses & most teams, do not cover the budget, but get a share of everyone that plays
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:05 am to Golgi Apparatus
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Haha! It's funny because they're poor
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:06 am to Crompdaddy8
lol @ Tennessee and their non-existent fans
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:06 am to TT9
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TT9
^^ The most ignorant chump on this board.
Yes, we just built and opened the most spectacular football training center in the nation. It only cost $40 million+.
We're broke.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:08 am to UFownstSECsince1950
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lol @ Tennessee and their non-existent fans
LMAO! We can sell 17,500 tickets to bowl games in Arizona.
You can't sell 17,500 tickets to a bowl game in a neighboring state.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:09 am to SavageOrangeJug
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:12 am to UFownstSECsince1950
was that picture taken on Dooley's last game?
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:13 am to LSUNV
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Not broke but definitely on the road there
Not at all. The big money donors are literally paying direct.
Jimmy Cheek wants to divert all the AD money to the academic side. They simply aren't leaving him the reserves to thieve.
The Anderson Sports Complex kicked off with an $8 million check from Charlie Anderson. We have plenty of money, just not where Jimmy Cheek can get his hands on it.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:17 am to LSUNV
Boom
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:19 am to SavageOrangeJug
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You can't sell 17,500 tickets to a bowl game in a neighboring state.
Florida and Louisiana are not neighboring states
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:19 am to SavageOrangeJug
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LMAO! We can sell 17,500 tickets to bowl games in Arizona. You can't sell 17,500 tickets to a bowl game in a neighboring state.
When is the last time Tennessee went to a bowl game? When is the last time y'all even had a winning record?
And are you trying to insinuate Florida borders LA?
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:21 am to SavageOrangeJug
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The Anderson Sports Complex kicked off with an $8 million check from Charlie Anderson. We have plenty of money, just not where Jimmy Cheek can get his hands on it.
Sounds like an awesome way to run a department
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:26 am to SavageOrangeJug
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LMAO! We can sell 17,500 tickets to bowl games in Arizona. You can't sell 17,500 tickets to a bowl game in a neighboring state.
Nobody really cares about tBCS anymore outside the title game. Especially when you go into it playing a team like Louisville.
Granted, it's still football and people still watch(and I would never miss a BCS game my team was in if it were within a couple states distance), but it is what it is. Same cities/venues for teams and fans to visit time after time and the trips aren't cheap.
I'm excited for the playoff to change things up a bit.
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Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:28 am to UFownstSECsince1950
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lol @ Tennessee and their non-existent fans
Easy for a "fan" from a 23 year old program to say. If UF went through the same losing streak UT is experiencing, can you imagine how empty that overrated stadium in that overrated town of G-ville would be.
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