It’s always fun to see what type of gifts certain bowls hand out annually. Under NCAA rules, bowl games are allowed to provide gift packages that amounts to no more than $550 per player. That’s a decent amount of money, especially for a college kid, so there’s usually some pretty good stuff in what the media-types call the “swag bag.”
So what is the Playstation Fiesta Bowl handing out to each individual player this year? It’s a good thing Sports Business Daily has been tracking this sort of thing since 2006, so we get a peek at what’s being handed out to both the Ohio State and Clemson players in the desert.
You can probably guess what one of those gifts might be with the title sponsor and all. And yes, that’s right, each player’s featured gift is a Playstation PS4 gift package. But that’s not all, also included is a Fossil watch, Ogio Shuttle Pack backpack, a book titled “History of the Bowls: Celebrating the Good of the Game“, and an Ice Shaker insulated bottle.
Now, in a “generous” gesture, the NCAA has allowed for a one-time exception allowance for the History of the Bowls book in honor of college football’s 150 year anniversary.
That’s all a pretty good haul. And for Ohio State, LeBron James also chipped in with some Beats By Dre headphones for the entire football team that’s also separate and an allowable allocation by school individually. Maybe the powers that be should have included some additional luggage for all these gifts.
Of course the most important gift each player would love to have is the Fiesta Bowl trophy for winning this thing on Saturday to move on to New Orleans.
