In a practice at least 10 years old now, the team will again this year stay at a hotel on the Friday nights before home games, Tiffany Carpenter, UT sports information director, told me this morning. She said that's about $96 a room, with two players to a room. In all, they occupy about 55 rooms, she said. That's roughly $42,000 a year, but that does not include incidentals and meals. "Depending on the time of the game, you could have 3-4 meals there," Carpenter said in an e-mail.
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Comments » 33
VolGraduate writes:
who cares?
CoverOrange writes:
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Major_Magilicutty writes:
I dont like this kid Silence.
HollySpringsVOL writes:
No kidding. What a stupid story. Now I really want to know how much do they spend on band-aids annually? NOT!!
refman_04 writes:
This is nothing new. Majors did it, Fulmer did it. Can't get the same affect on campus since there can't be any true athletic dorms any more.
UrbanCryer writes:
wow! what a breaking story! now if we could just find out how much ut spends on t.p.
volgrog#210164 writes:
If you assume they could reduce student ticket prices if they didn't do this, it is about $1/ticket/game less for students.
The point is, is this practice the best use of money for the program. I don't think so. It all adds up.
GreerVol22 writes:
donk..donk..KNS Law and Order UFE
(Unescessary Football Expenditure)
pityful to really even comment on such a lame story.
GerryOP writes:
29 -- Fear The Kiffin...
UT37916 writes:
Which Kiffin? . . . Kiffin Senior, Kiffin Junior or Kiffin In-Law?
FearlessFreep writes:
What a non-story. Yeah, the $42k saved would go back into the 'system?' No, UTAD would spend it elsewhere - their budget is completely separate.
mbradshaw1#655539 writes:
Will you tack a check? If so I will pay for it all lol.
mbradshaw1#655539 writes:
(Take )f-ed-up finger day.
smyrnavol writes:
not as much as auburn. GO VOLS!!!
Volunatic writes:
Good point. Lots of other big-time football schools do the same thing.
mdavis332#560634 writes:
There should be enough money to cover this since they took the hotdog away from the ushers at BB games.
Davy_Crockett writes:
UT will have plenty of dough to spare when Kiffin starts bringing us titles! This is just peanuts!
Davy_Crockett writes:
Agree, and the players would nit be as focused if they were on campus.... Go Vols!
GerryOP writes:
Yes...
TechsterVol writes:
No. 1, why is this news?
And No. 2, Tiffany Carpenter is NOT Tennessee's sports information director. In journalism school, I seem to remember that not getting someone's title right was called a "fatal error."
lshiple2 writes:
A journalist on this site? Nope, can't believe it. After all, you didn't burst into flames when you logged in...
chad_t31 writes:
The stories on here are making me lose IQ points!!
Laydbakvol writes:
Yawn.
LDDFC912 writes:
"SLOW NEWS DAY"
DennisVols writes:
It is more than 10 years. Majors and the team used to shack up at the motel on the corner of Ceder Bluff and I40/75 in the early '80's. I was managing for Wendy's at the time while going to school and worked that store for a few months. The team and coach Majors came in several times late on Friday for dinner.
Keeping it Real
Go Vols!!!
mdvol writes:
Housekeeping......u need towel?
keepitreal4vols writes:
Florida decided to do this so their players won't shoot anyone the night before. The crime went down 100% ever since.
Alabama does this too at the request of local pig farmers who couldn't get their hogs to mate anymore.
South Carolina does it too but just to give their players a break from pumping gas the night before a game.
UrbanCryer writes:
Housekeeping......u want me fluff pillow?
lemich writes:
Silence needs to go back to his regular beat! where's the story here?
volinjapan writes:
LMAO
reidtownriverrat writes:
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UT37916 writes:
It was a multiple choice question. Wrong answer. You fail.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Not sure if this passed the revelance test.
Along the same lines of import, I always wonder how the band members make it in their outfits setting in the sun.
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