College Football Bowl Game Gifts

[creator2456]

I thought they played for the love of the game in college...turns out they get up to $500 in gifts for making it to the bowl games.

Thought counts: All bowl gifts aren't equal
David Fox
Rivals.com College Football Staff Writer

Ask any college football player about whether there are too many bowl games and you might get a puzzled look. After all, you haven't seen some of these bowl gift packs.

Go ahead and scoff at the St. Petersburg Bowl between USF and Memphis. The players just ran off with mini camcorders and noise-canceling headphones.

Bowls are permitted to give players $500 worth of bowl gifts. They range from standard-issue bowl souvenirs such as hooded sweatshirts and mini-helmets to nifty electronics such as iPods and Nintendo Wiis.

Here's a list of all the bowl goodie bags this season:

 

[wvuwhat]

When I was part of the WVU organization I got:

Oakley shades (the ones with the MP3 player in them)
Mountain Bike
A couple Fossil watches
Samsung MP3 player, which I sold to a hardcore fan for an iPod
20" Vizio from the Fiesta Bowl last year


But... Don't let these things fool you, the rings are by far the best present/gift I got. They will be passed down for years on end.

Oh, those were the days.