University of Connecticut Athletics
Help Support The BCS Bowl Effort!
12/28/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 28, 2010
STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut football team will face Oklahoma on New Year's Day in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl --- UConn's first-ever BCS bowl appearance! We are proud of what this exposure means not just for the football team, but for the entire University community, our alumni, fans and the State of Connecticut.
Following are a few facts as they relate to our participation in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl:
* The BIG EAST Conference will receive approximately $22 million from the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) this year. These funds are used to support operating expenses of the BIG EAST football conference and then shared with the eight member institutions equally as part of an annual distribution. In addition, the BCS funds are utilized to pay a bowl participation fee to each school which appears in a bowl game.
* UConn receives the largest BIG EAST bowl participation fee this year--$2.5 million--for its appearance in this year's Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
* Despite receiving the largest bowl participation fee, UConn must purchase 17,500 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl tickets, valued at over $3.4 million. To date UConn has distributed approximately 4,500 tickets.
* You can support UConn's first-ever BCS bowl appearance on New Year's Day against Oklahoma.
* By making a tax-deductible contribution, you will join us providing game tickets to military personnel and underprivileged children in the Phoenix area who will cheer for the Huskies.
* Fans can help to provide tickets and support the bowl effort with a donation of any amount. Donations are considered charitable contributions and so may be deductible from federal income tax to the extent permitted by law.
* UConn Club priority points will be awarded for bowl contributions and the value of your tax deduction will be reduced in accordance with IRS requirements. If no UConn Club benefits are desired, fans may waive all benefits and then claim the contribution as a 100% tax deduction.
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