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Media Bowl Gifts

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by alex.riley21, Jan 3, 2011.

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  1. RedCanuck

    RedCanuck Active Member

    Which bowl game is that? How do I get a credential?
     
    RedCanuck, Jan 10, 2011
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  2. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    There were pretty good steaks at the Camelback Marriott in Scottsdale in 2007 for the Florida-Ohio State BCS game. I think you could get the blowjobs at any bowl city.
     
    hondo, Jan 10, 2011
    #254
  3. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Careful. What they didn't tell you was the BJ came from Brent Musberger.
     
    da man, Jan 10, 2011
    #255
  4. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    With or without dentures?
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 10, 2011
    #256
  5. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    If they invite you to lunch in a business related atmosphere they pay. If you invite them to do a story, you pay.
     
    mustangj17, Jan 10, 2011
    #257
  6. printdust

    printdust New Member

    Auburn media are getting tight deadlines or no deadlines, and ice picks. And then when projected rack sales are down tomorrow, the power folk will be looking to blame someone and probably cut sports staffs to make up for the loss.

    Since CNHI is housed in Alabama, you're on the clock.
     
    printdust, Jan 10, 2011
    #258
  7. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    All those jackets and tote bags are rounding errors compared to this. Check out this link: http://chronicle.com/article/Complaint-to-IRS-Faults-Orange/125801/
     
    doctorquant, Jan 10, 2011
    #259
  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Nice. You could throw a pretty nice weekend festival on South Beach and maybe fly under the radar since you're the ORANGE BOWL. But no, you gotta do a Caribbean cruise. Idiots.
     
    playthrough, Jan 10, 2011
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  9. Shaggy

    Shaggy Guest

    I would say, the one media gift I got that I really use a lot is a suit bag from a conference championship game.

    After writing a glowing story about how great the conference championship game was, even though the final score was 42-3, and how great conference championship games are in general, I've used that suit bag a few times a year for about 7 years now.

    I use to think conference championship games were a money-hungry waste of everyone's time. But not since my suit has had a comfy home for plane trips.

    I'm not even a sportswriter anymore, but I stop random people on the street and tell them how great conference championship games are.
     
    Shaggy, Jan 10, 2011
    #261
  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    So I guess Obama was serious about wanting a college playoff and this is how he's going to get it, by siccing the Feds on bowl games.

    Great use of taxpayer money that.
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 11, 2011
    #262
  11. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Those bowl games are quite a racket, though. The executive directors of most of these games make upwards of $100,000 a year and they all have staffs -- all to put on one football game a year?
     
    Ace, Jan 11, 2011
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  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    I believe PlayoffPAC tweeted every bowl game has at least two employees making more than $180,000 per year. The director of the Sugar Bowl makes more than $600,000 per year.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Jan 11, 2011
    #264
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