Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2025

Request Date End: 06/30/2026

Details: To Whom It May Concern,
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I respectfully request access to and copies of public records related to the employment and compensation of Mike Cavanaugh, Head Coach of the University of Connecticut Men’s Ice Hockey program, for the 2025–2026 academic year.

Specifically, I request the following records:
1. The employment contract for the Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach in effect for the 2025–2026 academic year.
2. Any amendments, extensions, or modifications to that contract.
3. Documents of any kind reflecting the coach’s annual salary, bonuses, and any other forms of compensation for the 2025–2026 academic year.
4. Any performance incentive structures or bonus criteria included in the contract.
5. Any buyout provisions or termination clauses applicable during that period.

If any portion of these records is exempt from disclosure, please provide the non-exempt portions and cite the specific statutory exemption relied upon for any redactions.

If possible, I request that these records be provided electronically via email. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please inform me in advance if the cost will exceed $15.

If you deny this request, please cite the specific legal exemption that justifies your refusal.

Thanks,
Susan

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Name: Rachel Bachma

Affiliation: The Wall Street Journal

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 03/01/2022

Request Date End: 03/09/2026

Details: I'm seeking digital copies of the NCAA agreed-upon procedures financial reports for UConn, for the years of 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. These reports include expenses and revenues with detailed line items about ticket sales, expenditures, etc., by sports.

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Name: David Covucci

Affiliation: FOIAball

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2025

Request Date End: 12/31/2025

Details: I am looking to do a story on what schools' mascots are booked most frequently for events such as weddings, birthdays, business openings, etc. and how much revenue that brings in to the school.

Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following documents from your school:

A full booking log or document detailing all paid appearances by your school’s costumed mascot, Jonathan.

Any document that details all income the school has received from paid mascot appearances.

I am also requesting a copy of a contract for booking your school’s mascot, which includes all rates and fees.

If your mascot also has a rider for events (like needing a changing room or solely brown M&Ms), I’ll take that too.

I am amenable to you fulfilling this request in the simplest fashion possible. If you are able to provide the sum total as well as the number of events, I am happy to take those figures. I understand providing them may constitute providing a new record, but I am trying to avoid a situation where you need to redact 200 brides' names.

If you do not maintain a log or document covering all those documents, I am happy to accept all invoices or contracts for each individual booking. However, I understand that may contain lots of personal identifiable information and require lots of redacting. I willingly agree to any bulk redactions your school deems necessary and I would not intend to challenge them. (I don’t need to know whose wedding your mascot went to).

So… again, I will accept whatever documentation your university believes is easiest to provide, so long as it includes the total income, total number of bookings, and rates/fee schedule.

I am requesting documents from 1/1/2025 to 12/31/2025. However, if your university operates on a different fiscal calendar and it is easier to provide a year's worth of data based on your FY as opposed to the calendar year, that is okay, too.

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