RE: Expensive proposition this bowling thing
509 people sent there?!?! 305 from the band?! I would opt for less of a band -- like only 100, tops, if any. It's for WMU fans, and nobody would expect a ton there, but long travel times.
Basically we were guaranSheed $475k for the bowl payout. Okay.
What did we spend? $913,542. That, divided by 509 = $1,794.78 per person. With food & hotel for each person, plus air (it's allegedly cheaper than standard booking by way of William Shatner, but more luggage in band & football equipment to carry too), that sounds about right if they're out there for 3(?) days if hotels Aren't free and we're also not going the extra mile on the cheap (nor spending wildly).
+ A $50 stipend (food etc) for each person, for 3 days would be about $76,350.
+ If hotels were not complimentary (but obviously they got a deal at least, RIGHT?) for 120 players + 305 band members + 84 leftover people, which, say, 3 quarters of those 84 share rooms, 1 quarter don't as they are "elite" --> 21 elite rooms + 63 shared rooms of non-band/non-players + 213 for band & players = 297 rooms. Multiply that by, say, $70 out the door due to a deal --> $21k a night x 3 = $63k.
+ Unknown amount for renting a few cars for a few days, plus like, say 3 big buses to use (does the bowl pay for that?)
So about $140k for food & hotel + unknown amount for bus/transport costs after being there, etc. Assuming the bowl pays for NOTHING, I'd find it hard to believe this would get over $200k overall. So let's call it $213,542 -> Food, Hotel, and transport.
That leaves $700k in expenses for flight & other junk. Let's say the other misc stuff cost, say, $25k. A big buffet dinner for players (despite stipend covering folks anyway), a room rented here and there, hidden cameras in the cheerleaders bathrooms, movie rentals, what-have-you.
$675k for flight of 509 people = $1,326 for flight per person (and understandably way extra luggage) on average. That may not be so crazy, I dunno.
But $1,794.78 per person overall? 509? Really? IMO: 120 players + 100 band members + 30 cheer + 50 others should be enough -> 300 overall.
That would have cost $538,434. After the $475k payout --> -$63,434. That would sound more reasonable. :)
(This post was last modified: 05-07-2015 08:50 AM by toddjnsn.)
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Expensive proposition this bowling thing
:banghead:DEITER WOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR GLOOM AND DOOM OUTLOOK. Exposure is what it's all about. Just like any post season basketball tourneys other than the Big Dance. Recruits want to come to whre they have a good chance of being on t.v.
