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FOI #23-413 (09-1-23, 7:15 pm) - Subject - Uconn WBB Foreign Tour to Spain 2023
Name - John Andrews
Affiliation -
I am a sports media writer who focuses on the business of athletics, in particular college athletics. I am doing research for a possible article on foreign tours for NCAA Division I basketball teams.
I came across news regarding the Uconn Women's Basketball foreign tour to Europe, dated August 15-25, 2023, and am looking for an unredacted, digital/electronic copy (PDF is fine) of the following:
- The unredacted original contract;
- Any itinerary published or proposed for the trip;
- Any associated documents related to the international game.
referenced here - https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2023/5/2/womens-basketball-uconn-wbb-to-tour-europe-in-august
FOI #23-412 (09-1-23, 11:44 am) - Subject - Employment contracts
Name - Anthony Ferguson
Affiliation -
1.The current Director of Athletics contract between David Benedict and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
2.The current Director of Football Strength and Conditioning contract between Matt King and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
3.The current Men’s Baseball Head Coach contract between Jim Penders and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
4.The current Men’s Basketball Head Coach contract between Dan Hurley and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
5.The current Women’s Basketball Head Coach contract between Geno Auriemma and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
Please note: If the coach did not sign a contract – but is instead working from an offer letter and/or memorandum of understanding – those documents will suffice in fulfillment of this request. Furthermore, if the coach is an at-will employee, please provide their base salary for the 2023-2024 contract year.
If there are any fees for searching or copying this record, please invoice me for the cost. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of assistant coach contracts, their buyout language, guarantee language, bonus structure, and other value contained within.
FOI #23-409 (08-31-23, 11:57 am) - Subject - UConn PD risk protection order/"Red flag" law usage
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - The Daily Campus
Documents should include UCPD policies, emails and correspondences, police reports, and warrants concerning the Connecticut Risk Protection Order, or "red flag" law.
If possible, documents should also include bodycam footage and audio recorded in the process of enforcing a risk protection order.
Documents should include, if possible, the requester of RPO warrants.
The documents I'm looking for concern a policy announced by UConn Branding via the faculty/staff daily digest.
Documents should include any announcements by UConn Branding concerning the brand misuse tip form. Documents should also conclude UConn Branding data, policies, emails and correspondences, and meeting notes discussing or approving the branding misuse tip form.
Data documents should include UConn branding statistics or details on brand misuse.
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the 2023 salaries and, if applicable, the employment contracts/amendments/LOA/MOU/term sheets/offer letters for football support staff members listed below & any other members not listed below that are associated with the football program [in areas to include, but not be limited to, (i) operations, (ii) recruiting, (iii) personnel, (iv) strength & conditioning, (v) nutrition, (vi) analysts, (vii) quality control, (viii) creative media/graphics, (ix) video, (x) player development, (xi) sports science, (xii) general manager, (xiii) administration, etc.]
FOI #23-406 - Subject - Uconn MBB, France & Spain 2023
Name - John Andrews
Affiliation -
I am doing research for a possible article on foreign tours for NCAA Division I basketball teams and am looking for an unredacted, digital/electronic copy (PDF is fine) of the:
1. The unredacted original contract;
2. Any itinerary published or proposed for the trip;
3. Any associated documents related to the international game.
FOI #23-404 (08-30-23, 1:17 pm) - Subject - Source Data For Chart in Annual Report
Name - Andrei Greska
Affiliation - Paint Touches
Hi, in the most recent version of the annual report (https://annualreport.uconnhuskies.com/) as of 8/30/2023 there is a section about "Nielsen Sport’s TV Brand Value" with a chart and the following blurb: "The BIG EAST was the #1 conference and UConn was the #1 team in TV Brand Value among the NCAA during the 2022-23 basketball season. Source: Nielsen."
My request is if the link or document from which that data came from can be publicly shared, as there doesn't seem to be any other references on the page and a thorough search of Nielsen's site did not pull up the references information.