A victory over Charlotte and a bye week brings us to the next game against Rice. The day before the game have similar preparations and organizing all the events for game day to ensure everything pans out smoothly. The greatest challenge is yet to come and that happens on game day. The team was very focused and rested following the bye week and it also gave the team an extra week to prepare. The game against Rice is important because it is a conference game. The best way to salvage a season is to win the conference because it places you into a Bowl game. Though a National Championship is always the goal, Bowl games are exciting for the fans and a great experience for the staff and athletes. Bowl games also draw extra revenue to the program which can help build practice facilities or upgrade any equipment or any need for the school or program. I helped in all the usual preparations but I did have some more hands on help which included me running some errands for the coaches and operations manager. I am always willing to help but I did learn more about the team’s credit card. I never knew how the expenses worked because that was not in my department but I learned some on how the card is managed and how the school is able to manage the use of the card. All the expenses have to be recorded and all receipts are required. The team continued their usual days in the hotel the night before but I did learn the coaches are not allowed to use the team card for personal expenses and are required to place a personal credit card for their own expenses in the rooms. This leaves no room for error or misuse which I find very intelligent.
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AuthorMy day to day experience with FAU Football from my perspective by Feddy Azofeifa. Archives
November 2015
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