FOI #19-177 - Subject - Athletics Correspondence

Name - Daniel Libit

Affiliation - The Intercollegiate

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I request the following:

All agreements with outside consultants or consulting firms for work that in any way relates to the university's athletic department, since Jan. 1, 2018. This would include, but is NOT limited to, matters involving:
Hiring searches, buyouts, legal matters, Title IX compliance, facility improvements, department restructuring, department staffing.
This request should include original agreements and any addenda in the least redacted form, as provided by state law. In the event any documents are withheld or redacted, I request the university cite the specific exemptions that are being relied upon.

All documentary materials related to 2018-2019 student athlete exit interviews. This should include, but is not limited to, copies of written or online surveys filled out by participating (current or former) athletes; notes from athletics administrators or faculty athletic representatives who conducted in-person exit interviews with outgoing athletes; transcripts of interviews with exiting athletes; university-produced memoranda, summaries, reports and/or analyses of the exit interviews/surveys, or which incorporate the exit interviews/surveys.

All interpretation requests between the university’s athletic department compliance staff and the NCAA, since Jan. 1, 2019. This includes, but is not limited to, case summaries of requests made through the NCAA’s interpretation portal, as well as the NCAA’s responses.

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FOI #19-176 (06-17-19, 6:22 pm) - Subject - NCAA Financial Reports

Name - Merritt Enright

Affiliation - NBC News

I am requesting any and all documents included in San Diego State University’s annual financial report to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), as required by NCAA Bylaw 3.2.4.15, for each school year beginning with the 2009-2010 school year through the 2018-2019 school year. If the 2018-2019 school year report has not yet been compiled, please provide all reports from the 2009-2010 school year through the 2017-2018 school year.

I would like the records in whatever format is most expedient—preferably a Microsoft Excel format— or however the records are most conveniently kept.

As a representative of the news media, I am only required to pay for the direct cost of duplication. Through this request, I am gathering information on reason that is of ongoing interest to the public. This information is being sought on behalf of NBC News for dissemination to the general public.

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FOI # 19-175 (06-14-19, 5:52 pm) - Subject - UConn Athletics

Name - Andy Wittry

Affiliation - Stadium

I'd like to request the University of Connecticut's NCAA Financial Report for the fiscal reporting year of 2018.

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FOI #19-174 (06-13-19, 12:46 pm) - Subject - Contracts Between University of Connecticut and Barnes & Noble Education

Name - Nicholas Sengstaken

Affiliation - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Undergraduate Student Government Executive Branch

Pursuant to state public records law, I request a copy of the term sheet and full/complete contract between the University of Connecticut and Barnes & Noble Education, including but not limited to the performance standards, incentive structure, vendor codes of conduct, financial reports, etc. under which Barnes &; Noble will be required to run the Bookstore. This should clearly delineate all requirements and agreements between the two parties, including all relevant financial details. This shall also include all contracts, terms of service, or relevant documents related to a proposed or adopted “First Day,” inclusive access, or digital delivery program.

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FOI #19-173 - Subject - Football Records

Name - Dean Holliday

Affiliation -

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request to inspect an/or copy the following documents:
1. Any and all football roasters 1994-1995
2. Any pages of the UConn football media guides 1994-1995
3. Any and all football photos 1994-1995
4. Any and all travel records 1994-1995
5. Any and all scholarship papers 1994-1995

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FOI #19-172 - Subject - Faculty Conduct Complaints

Name - Will Healey

Affiliation - Journal Inquirer

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I request access to any documentation the university possesses related to complaints about a faculty member and investigations into his conduct.

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FOI #19-171 - Subject - Beverage Contracts

Name - Eva Greenthal

Affiliation - Center for Science in the Public Interest

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). C.G.S. § 1-200, et seq. the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) requests copies of any contracts, signed and/or active as of June 12, 2019 between University of Connecticut and The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Red Bull, Polar Beverages, and/or any other company offering rights to sell, market, promote, and/or advertise beverages on the University of Connecticut’s campus.

CSPI also requests copies of any and all emails exchanged between employees of University of Connecticut and employees of The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Red Bull, Polar Beverages, and/or other beverage company, in the past three years, relating to contracts with the companies and/or marketing of beverages or volume of beverage sales.

If this request is denied in whole or in part, we ask that you cite in writing the specific statutory exemption upon which you have relied, as required by law. Please waive any costs associated with this request as it is within your discretion as a public agency, or first inform us about such costs prior to taking any action that would incur a charge.

Please send copies of beverage contracts separate from copies of emails if the latter will take longer to produce, rather than waiting to produce all requested documents at one time.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this request. If you have any questions, please contact me at 202-777-8385, or by email at egreenthal@cspinet.org.

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FOI #19-170 (06-10-19, 7:55 pm) - Subject - Athletics department football-related documents

Name - Steve Berkowitz

Affiliation - USA Today

1. The contracts and base salaries covering the 2019-20 season for the head football coach, the 10 full-time assistant football coaches and the football team’s head strength/conditioning coach, including but not limited to:
§ Amendments or addenda.
§ Documents reflecting current or intended compensation or benefits to any of the coaches from a third party.
*If the head coach (or any assistant or the strength/conditioning coach) is not covered by a contract, please provide the applicable letter of understanding or other document that outlines his compensation and a copy of any document listing bonuses for which the coach is eligible, including criteria for the bonuses and the amounts that would be paid.
*If the head coach (or any assistant or the strength/conditioning coach) is employed on an at-will basis, please provide a list of each coach’s base salary and a copy of any document listing bonuses for which the coach is eligible, including criteria for the bonuses and the amounts that would be paid.
*If the football team does not have a dedicated strength/conditioning coach, I would like to obtain the compensation information for the athletics department’s head strength/conditioning coach.

2. The most recent athletically related outside-income reports for the head football coach, the 10 assistant football coaches and the football team’s head strength/conditioning coach described above. This is a document that, pursuant to an NCAA rules change in August 2018, athletic personnel must file annually to report income of more than $600 from sources other than the university. If the university has not yet resumed collecting these documents, please state that in the response to this request.

3. An itemized list of incentive bonus amounts actually paid to the current head football coach from May 15, 2018 through May 14, 2019. The goal of this request is to obtain data about bonus payments made for sport-related goals achieved during the 2018-19 football season and/or for academic or other achievements during a full, 12-month period, even though that period may not conform with the school’s fiscal year or academic year or with the coach’s contract year.

4. The university’s contracts for non-conference football games scheduled to be played during the 2019 regular season, including any amendments.

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FOI #19-169 - Subject - Hurley Contract

Name - Isaiah Rice

Affiliation -

Copy of any contracts for employment and any amendments thereto and any other documents regarding additional compensation including, but not limited to, the NCAA form regarding additional compensation for Dan Hurley, Head Men’s Basketball Coach.

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FOI #19-168 - Subject - Financial Aid

Name - Timothy Ballingall

Affiliation -

Aggregate number of undergraduate and aggregate number of graduate/professional students at the University of Connecticut whose Expected Family Contributions for the 2018-19 academic year were below $5,486 (putting them in the Pell-Grant-eligibility range) and who also indicated on their FAFSA forms that they have children.

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