Bowl games are a big enough prize for football players. Not only do you get to spend more time practicing with your teammates, but you also get a trip somewhere nice to play a nice game of football. What could be better?
Well... Expensive gifts!
Each year, the NCAA allows bowl games and their sponsors to reward players with up to $550 in gifts ranging from electronics, to watches, to clothing, to the ever mysterious “prize suite.”
It should come as no surprise that some bowls hand out better gifts than others. Luckily for Washington State and Iowa State, the Alamo Bowl is one of the good ones.