UBooster adds Rodriguez as MythBooster
February 2, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – UBooster now has a MythBooster.
Award-winning television journalist Angela Rodriguez will host a series of web programs aimed at telling the story of UBooster, a new online platform that aims to dramatically change the way colleges fund athletics.
A graduate of the University of Miami, Rodriguez started her career as a writer at WFOR in Miami. She later went to Ft. Wayne, Indiana as an on-air reporter followed by three years at WGHP in Greensboro, N.C. From 2009 to 2014, she was an anchor and reporter for WYFF in Greenville, S.C.
Rodriguez will host the MythBooster program at UBooster, which takes aims at clearing up some of the misconceptions about the web platform.
“I am very excited to be joining the UBooster team,” Rodriguez said.
UBooster is a one-of-a-kind program that allows ordinary fans to show their support for their school’s athletic prospects. Fans pledge funds in support of a prospect’s consideration of a particular college. If an athlete chooses that fan’s specified athletic program, then the school’s booster club will receive the funds to use under its own departmental guidelines. Fans participating do not have to pay pledges if the athlete doesn’t choose their school.
UBooster was developed in recognition of the evolving requirements to compensate college athletes for use of their likeness and image, guaranteed full four-year scholarships, and increased stipends to cover an athlete’s full cost of attendance, all of which are quickly creating new financial obligations for hundreds of colleges and universities. UBooster provides a new funding source to uniquely supplement existing efforts of booster clubs to offset the rising costs of college sports.
When fans contribute 100-percent tax deductible funds through UBooster, student-athletes will ultimately benefit as the booster clubs that receive these contributions can allocate these funds to support student-athletes within their own program parameters. If the booster club at a college does not accept the money, it will be donated to the general fund for the school.
About UBooster
UBooster is an independent platform for supporting college athletics and the booster clubs at each school. It empowers fans like never before to help support their favorite athletic programs. Get in the game at www.ubooster.org.
