[Husker] bowl incentives

[gzimmerman at everestkc.net]

----- Original Message -----
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:16 am
Subject: [Husker] bowl incentives

> Presumably Nebraska players have received similar items from past 
> bowl appearances?  
> 
> If the rules allow them, it would certainly place any school that 
> did not provide such items to players at a competitive 
> disadvantage. 
> 
> btw, it might be very illegal today, but does anyone remember 
> "Max's Cafe" on "O Street" in the early 70s?  Max was quite a 
> heavy guy (i.e. weightwise), and a real character around downtown 
> Lincoln at the time.  He was also a major booster.  Rumor has it 
> back then he bought every player on the 71 championship a very 
> nice watch.  
> 
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The story I read was critical of the $35K expenditure not because of any potential NCAA violations, but because the CU athletic department is $3 million in the red resulting in considerable belt tightening.

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas