Need a sugar daddy donor with a plane.
Need a sugar daddy donor with a plane.
Gonzaga, a small private university, used charter flights to their advantage. Now is it coincidence their slipping nationally is coinciding with the eruption of NIL? Paying players stupid money trumping other perks? Have donors become disenchanted with so close, yet no championship?
All their eggs are in the basketball basket, let’s just wait a year or two to see.
https://www.si.com/college/gonzaga/b...nta-clara-loss
i gave a relative number so with just a small modicum of analytics you could make a determination for yourself. I see this as nothing more than a means of the offering university differentiating itself in competition for athletes just like coaches, facilities, nutrition, living accommodations, etc.
Several variable to consider, but I'll give you a baseline to work from.
Assuming we'll fly out of LFT, let's use Mobile as a destination (which will be one of your cheaper options, considering where the regional airports are for other opponents.)
If we travel razor thin, keeping the travel part under 20 people (which would be almost impossible), you're looking at ~$27k with a turboprop round trip. That accounts for daily minimums, crew, and fuel surcharge.
The likely option for a traveling party between 20-35 would be a regional airliner (think Emraer ERJ 145 or Dornier 328), your cost is ~$40k for the same services.
Let's say we're chartering 10-12 times a year just for basketball (btw, does WBB get to charter too?) - we're likely adding $400k plus a year to the expense sheet.
Don't ever forget that no matter what perks are offered for any venture, $$$$ makes the world go round.
How far have the Zags fallen? They got 6 votes this week. McNeese, for the second time in their history, received ONE vote. Not even an instate vote.
Basketball and baseball would need an ERJ. Football would be 737 or A320 minimum.
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