Post by Fishn'Aztec on Dec 16, 2010 9:32:00 GMT -8
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The school was awarded $1,093,100 for expenses, money it's free to spend how it wishes to house, feed and prepare the football team and its traveling party for the game.
The biggest expense, Woodward says, is housing. The team will travel to San Diego on Dec. 23 (the bowls require teams to arrive by a prearranged date).
Washington has to pay rent for the field at which it will practice (the University of San Diego), as well as meals for players.
Washington also will pay for its full band to make the trip; the Huskies have been allocated a traveling party of 500 for the team and band.
And in what is one of the newer expenses for bowl teams, schools are allowed to spend up to $350 on a "bowl gift" for all players.
Woodward says the general goal is to be as conservative as possible.
"We understand these are tough economic times and everyone is suffering," he said. "We want to be as frugal as we can be."
But Woodward says the bowl gifts are one area where the school will be "liberal" with how it spends its money "because we want to reward" the players. "It's a celebration of a season and a job well done," he said, adding the trick is to "walk that fine balance" between being frugal and extravagant.
In terms of the rewards for the players, there is also the future to think about — how schools treat their players can factor into recruiting battles down the road. (As of early this week, UW had not decided on its bowl gift, Woodward said).
The school was awarded $1,093,100 for expenses, money it's free to spend how it wishes to house, feed and prepare the football team and its traveling party for the game.
The biggest expense, Woodward says, is housing. The team will travel to San Diego on Dec. 23 (the bowls require teams to arrive by a prearranged date).
Washington has to pay rent for the field at which it will practice (the University of San Diego), as well as meals for players.
Washington also will pay for its full band to make the trip; the Huskies have been allocated a traveling party of 500 for the team and band.
And in what is one of the newer expenses for bowl teams, schools are allowed to spend up to $350 on a "bowl gift" for all players.
Woodward says the general goal is to be as conservative as possible.
"We understand these are tough economic times and everyone is suffering," he said. "We want to be as frugal as we can be."
But Woodward says the bowl gifts are one area where the school will be "liberal" with how it spends its money "because we want to reward" the players. "It's a celebration of a season and a job well done," he said, adding the trick is to "walk that fine balance" between being frugal and extravagant.
In terms of the rewards for the players, there is also the future to think about — how schools treat their players can factor into recruiting battles down the road. (As of early this week, UW had not decided on its bowl gift, Woodward said).
