Published: Thursday, January 06, 2011
By Bob Lowry, The Huntsville Times
MONTGOMERY – Twenty-six state legislators, including Sen. Paul Sanford, R-Huntsville, and Sen. Shadrack McGill, R-Woodville, were given special access to buy tickets to the Southeastern Conference Championship game at face value.
The general public, and many long-time Auburn University season-ticket holders weren’t able to buy tickets to the Dec. 4 game between Auburn and South Carolina because of the limited allotment.
Three other state officials were included on a list provided Wednesday by Auburn.
As many as 15 legislators and state officials were also permitted to buy tickets at face value to Monday’s BCS National Championship game in Glendale, Ariz., between Auburn and Oregon, Auburn spokesman Mike Clardy said.
He said Gov. Bob Riley, as president of the Auburn board of trustees, was sent a form to purchase tickets to the SEC game through the Auburn Athletic Department.
But Clardy said Wednesday he didn’t have a list of the names those who purchased BCS tickets because the school’s office of governmental affairs didn’t handle the ticket deliveries, and the tickets would be picked up at the game’s site in Glendale, Ariz.
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