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Texas spent $280K on visit by Manning, 8 others

The Longhorns spent nearly $630,000 over two recruiting weekends in June, including almost $280,000 on the official visit by quarterback Arch Manning and eight other recruits that featured five-star accommodations and virtually all-you-can-eat fare.
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Screen shot below for some of the numbers uncovered by The Athletic. Our friends in HogTown mentioned in article.

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$630k seems like a lot but the article goes on to say that UGA spends $5-6M on recruiting per year. I assume that means transportation, meals/entertainment, activities, etc. Is it a stretch to say that UGA spends 500-600k on weekends as well?
 
AUcane said:
$630k seems like a lot but the article goes on to say that UGA spends $5-6M on recruiting per year. I assume that means transportation, meals/entertainment, activities, etc. Is it a stretch to say that UGA spends 500-600k on weekends as well?
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Yeah, that was a weekend spend only on one trip.
 
The following visit weekend, June 24-26, proved grander even without Manning. Though the itinerary was largely the same, the bigger scale with 14 official visitors left a deeper dent on the recruiting budget, as costs soared to nearly $350,000. The tab for both weekends combined approached $630,000.
 
Basically you are in Austin, for a weekend, staying at the Four Seasons, with an open tab there and an unlimited expense account everywhere else.
 
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rustywalkedaway said:
The following visit weekend, June 24-26, proved grander even without Manning. Though the itinerary was largely the same, the bigger scale with 14 official visitors left a deeper dent on the recruiting budget, as costs soared to nearly $350,000. The tab for both weekends combined approached $630,000.
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Did anyone breakdown the $350k?
 
PIPO said:
Yeah, that was a weekend spend only on one trip.
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That's crazy. I don’t know **** but it feels to me like that's not sustainable long term for college football. Maybe it it....but that just crazy numbers to me.
 
Torocane said:
That's crazy. I don’t know **** but it feels to me like that's not sustainable long term for college football. Maybe it is....but that just crazy numbers to me. I guess it will further separate the elite from the rest of them. Not a lot programs can spend like that.
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Torocane said:
That's crazy. I don’t know **** but it feels to me like that's not sustainable long term for college football. Maybe it it....but that just crazy numbers to me.
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Yeah those big programs are going big business. Spend money to make money.
 
Not for nothing you guys, arch has played solid comp so far on the season and has balled out. 11 TDS, no picks. 5A Louisiana schools..
 
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