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The University of Florida's new "Gateway of Champions" fundraising campaign offers Gator boosters unprecedented opportunities to both support and enjoy the school's powerhouse football program. For a mere $5 million you can join the team for breakfast and ride the bus with them to a game ("The Ultimate Gator Experience"). Too rich for your blood? A lousy $1 million gets you a seat at the dinner table with Coach Urban Meyer and his family ("An Evening with the Meyers").
If you're too cheap for those options, but still want to show your Gator Pride, don't worry. There are more modestly priced alternatives with which you may feel more comfortable. A sampling:
$25,000: The Very Nice Gator Experience
Slap all the Gators high-five as they come off the bus; Clip QB Tim Tebow's toenails; Drink all the Gatorade you can handle.
$10,000: An Evening with the Meyers' Next Door Neighbor
Sit on the patio and gawk at Coach Meyer and his family until dusk (please avoid direct eye contact).
Irving finally works his way down to my level:
$100: The Painful Gator Experience
Assistant Coach Charlie Strong supervises you and one hundred other Gator fans as you complete 2,000 squat thrusts in the parking lot of a Home Depot (No Gatorade provided).
$95: T-Shirt
100% cotton with bold screen printing.
Available in M, L, XL and XXL. Made in Honduras.
$18.75: An Evening with QB Tim Tebow's Toenail Clippings
You will receive a small baggie via Fed-Ex. Enjoy!
Read the entire list at
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/sioncampus/08/22/gator.donor/.
