why are all of these halftime contests apparently run by Scrooge & Marley? -- (edited)
Posted by
mr mooch (aka pickmix)
Sep 11 '24, 11:35
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"Spangler kicked a 40-yard field goal at halftime of Purdue’s home-opener against Indiana State on Aug. 31. He was a part of a contest sponsored by the Rohrman Automotive Group and was set to get $250 and a two-year lease on a car from the dealer for making the field goal.
It wasn’t nearly as straightforward as it should have been, however. The car dealer informed Spangler last week that his kick came 0.005 seconds after the 30-second time limit expired on the contest. And since his foot hit the ball fractions of a second too late, he wouldn’t be getting the car lease.
“Our decision to not award him the grand prize was not personal, but simply out of principle and rules based,” Trey Rohrman told Purdue’s student paper the Exponent in an email over the weekend. “We are disappointed that Zach was led to believe that he did accomplish the challenge.”
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