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Colorado lost over $1m by playing in the Alamo Bowl

5280Griz said:
Spending $4.21m isn’t absurd if they made more than that or atleast in the same ballpark which they would have with a tier 1 bowl game. The problem is the tier 2 bowl game didn’t pay them nearly as much but they spent like it was a tier 1 bowl game.
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A) they had to know what the payout was going to be
B) REGARDLESS of the payout, spending $4.21 MILLION dollars to take a team to a bowl game is ridiculous.
 
C I am not going to pay to read the article.
D Many of the big bowls require the invited teams to guarantee the number of tickets they will sell. That may account for part of $4+ million. Did the article I didn't pay to read say anything about that?
 
717s7e said:
C I am not going to pay to read the article.
D Many of the big bowls require the invited teams to guarantee the number of tickets they will sell. That may account for part of $4+ million. Did the article I didn't pay to read say anything about that?
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The audit found that CU overpaid head coach Deion Sanders and his assistants for postseason bonuses, misclassified the Alamo Bowl as a Tier 1 event, rather than a Tier 2 event; and didn’t have a budget for the game to control spending.
 
I’m sorry, but AZ is absolutely correct. The absurdity of spending $4.21 million on a bowl game of little relevance. National Championship or semi final game? I still don’t see it. That’s about $27,400 person if my math is right. I used 150 total staff and players to get that number. It appears a majority of the expenses were for required ticket purchases and band/spirit travel. $802,000 and $945,000. Add in Sanders and the assistants being overpaid and that is about $122,000. Sooo, you get $1,869,000 just for those three expenses. Athletic department related expenses were $1,796,000. Still doesn’t add up to the $4.2. Bottom line is 200+ band members going is crazy. Overpaying the coaches, incompetence. Nothing they could have done about the required ticket sales.
 
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Copper Griz said:
I’m sorry, but AZ is absolutely correct. The absurdity of spending $4.21 million on a bowl game of little relevance. National Championship or semi final game? I still don’t see it. That’s about $27,400 person if my math is right. I used 150 total staff and players to get that number. It appears a majority of the expenses were for required ticket purchases and band/spirit travel. $802,000 and $945,000. Add in Sanders and the assistants being overpaid and that is about $122,000. Sooo, you get $1,869,000 just for those three expenses. Athletic department related expenses were $1,796,000. Still doesn’t add up to the $4.2. Bottom line is 200+ band members going is crazy. Overpaying the coaches, incompetence. Nothing they could have done about the required ticket sales.
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Alamo Bowl may be the best attended bowl in the country NOT included in the playoff. Why the Peach Bowl was included and not the Alamo bowl will forever remain a mystery. Routinely 55-65,000 people in the Bowl watching great games. In fact, in 2025 it was THE highest attended non-playoff game.
 
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