Posted by McBainiac at h24-78-109-33.vs.shawcable.net on September 19, 2001 at 00:30:53:
In Reply to: reasons...... posted by hurley guy on September 18, 2001 at 23:43:15:
: now, this is a very paraphrased version of kevin defeding himself a couple years ago. (it may be more expensive now)
: he used to do things like this for little of nothing, or nothing in some cases. but as the demand grew, he was left with less free time.
: now he has a wife and a kid. so the price was raised to weed out alot of the requests.
: he also mentioned that most major universities have large amounts of budgets for such appearances. He said if a school is interested, and there seems to be alot of support behind it, they should have no problem forking over the cash. this amount comes from various "activity fees" that schools charge.
: kevins appearances are worth every penny too. because he answers any and all questions, and in almost every case, will talk and sign autographs and chat with the fans as long as the faculty will allow him too.
: also, people like jennifer lopez charge 250 grand for appearances. i dont mean this in a bad way, but what more can jennifer lopez say except "hey, look at my ass...oh yeah, i dated puffy...wheres my money!" kevin, IMO, is much more knowledgable in all areas (except dating puffy) and is more of a conversationalist.
: like i said, the price may have raised again, because this was longer than a year ago i believe when kevin discussed this on this very board. but i can honestly say, his reasons for raising the price are very good reasons and i cant blame him a bit.
: hope this helps!
: -jared
: "4 wheel drive, ORV, bulletholes...BULLETHOLES!!!"