Bahamas Bowl

[WVAPPeer]

I posed this question inside another thread a couple of weeks ago and just wondered if anyone had found or knew the answer - Are the schools allowed to purchase passports for players and staff? ---

[WVAPPeer]

WOW - what a finish - play of the year???

[Cincy App]

Crazy play to end regulation! Maybe the best I have seen!

As for passports - it's my understanding that US citizens only need a driver's license and a birth certificate to enter the Bahamas.

[TheMoody1]

As for passports - it's my understanding that US citizens only need a driver's license and a birth certificate to enter the Bahamas.

That was pre 9/11. Gotta have a passport now.

http://nassau.usembassy.gov/entry_exit_bahamas.html

[huskie3]

I posed this question inside another thread a couple of weeks ago and just wondered if anyone had found or knew the answer - Are the schools allowed to purchase passports for players and staff? ---

Yes, if it is needed for travel and the player does not have one. But again like other things some schools can afford this and others can't. The teams I am familiar with are basketball (which only involve 12 - 15 players) and their international travel.

[WVAPPeer]

I posed this question inside another thread a couple of weeks ago and just wondered if anyone had found or knew the answer - Are the schools allowed to purchase passports for players and staff? ---

Yes, if it is needed for travel and the player does not have one. But again like other things some schools can afford this and others can't. The teams I am familiar with are basketball (which only involve 12 - 15 players) and their international travel.

Thanks for your answer ---

[Cincy App]

I got my initial response from the ferry website which runs from Florida to the Bahamas. It suggests that a drivers license and birth certificate are sufficient for a US citizen. However, that may only be sufficient for the one day visit (no overnight stay).

I later checked the Bahamas Bowl website and that site confirms that a passport is needed. Regrets on any confusion.

[AppinVA]

I got my initial response from the ferry website which runs from Florida to the Bahamas. It suggests that a drivers license and birth certificate are sufficient for a US citizen. However, that may only be sufficient for the one day visit (no overnight stay).

I later checked the Bahamas Bowl website and that site confirms that a passport is needed. Regrets on any confusion.

The passport could be part of their $500 bowl pack. Or it could be part of an ncaa waiver.

[Cincy App]

FWIW, the Bahamas Bowl is not the first bowl game played outside the US. The International Bowl was played in Canada from 2007 - 2010 featuring the Big East.