Athletics Budget Cuts

[NDSUstudent]

Sounds like things aren't as bad at NDSU as UND....Larson reiterated no sports will be cut but per Dom the athletics department will need trim about $400k...

Dom Izzo
‏@DomIzzoWDAY

Larsen adds that the #NDSU athletic department will have to cut about 400K. Adds it's "a moving target"

https://twitter.com/DomIzzoWDAY/stat...43677804535808

[El_Chapo]

too many coaches, eliminate about 5. easy peasy.

no reason there should be that many assistants

[EC8CH]

#NDSU president Dean Bresciani says appropriated general funds for athletics is being slashed by 40 percent to make up for state's shortfall

Larsen adds that the #NDSU athletic department will have to cut about 400K. Adds it's "a moving target"

So NDSU athletics was only receiving $1,000,000 in general funds previously?

[roadwarrior]

Appropriated funds. Institutional funds. Would be nice to see the entire picture.

[Christopher Moen]

Revenues from 2013 to 2015:

YEAR	TICKET SALES	CONTRIBUTIONS	RIGHTS / LICENSING	STUDENT FEES	SCHOOL FUNDS	OTHER	TOTAL REVENUES
2015	$4,498,064	$4,067,171	$3,189,315	$1,500,061	$6,561,057	$2,501,312	$22,316,980
2014	$3,745,595	$3,660,022	$2,977,894	$1,136,761	$6,857,289	$2,335,077	$20,712,638
2013	$3,438,326	$3,099,346	$2,434,704	$1,087,048	$6,719,154	$2,082,932	$18,861,510

Expenses from 2013 to 2015:

YEAR	COACHING / STAFF	SCHOLARSHIPS	FACILITIES / OVERHEAD	OTHER	TOTAL EXPENSES
2015	$7,663,880	$3,501,744	$1,744,957	$9,357,849	$22,268,430
2014	$7,383,100	$3,461,090	$859,513	$8,915,135	$20,618,838
2013	$6,693,954	$3,270,917	$939,916	$7,798,182	$18,702,969

Really wish I had 2016's numbers (to see how FCOA and the SHAC affect the current budget), but making up $400,000 shouldn't be too difficult. Going to need to rely on increasing Ticket Sales, Contributions and possibly Rights/Licensing Fees. At the same, will need to come up with ways to reduce Facilities/Overhead and Other costs.

[Christopher Moen]

From the 2017-2019 NDSU Biennial Budget Request https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/vpfa/...dget_17-19.pdf

ATHLETICS REDUCTIONS. $420,125
Athletics has identified budget reductions that will be accomplished by reducing operating expenses for administrative travel, medical and office supplies, postage and printing, repair services and phone services. Salary and benefit reduction $135,135; operating reduction is $284,990.

Impact
Reduction of expenses to critical unit operations, funding will be reallocated and prioritized to minimize impacts to student athlete where possible. Student athletes may be affected by missed class time (bus vs air travel), number of student athletes allowed to travel, reduction of non-conference opponents as a part of the overall schedule, extended uniform replacement cycles and equipment resulting in poor condition and potential safety issues.

My question is if the $400,000 tweeted by Dom is additional or the new estimate that NDSU knew was coming and already prepared for in the Biennial Budget?

[Bison"FANatic"]

It has to help that teammakers could cover all scholarship this year

[HerdBot]

Revenues from 2013 to 2015:

YEAR	TICKET SALES	CONTRIBUTIONS	RIGHTS / LICENSING	STUDENT FEES	SCHOOL FUNDS	OTHER	TOTAL REVENUES
2015	$4,498,064	$4,067,171	$3,189,315	$1,500,061	$6,561,057	$2,501,312	$22,316,980
2014	$3,745,595	$3,660,022	$2,977,894	$1,136,761	$6,857,289	$2,335,077	$20,712,638
2013	$3,438,326	$3,099,346	$2,434,704	$1,087,048	$6,719,154	$2,082,932	$18,861,510

Expenses from 2013 to 2015:

YEAR	COACHING / STAFF	SCHOLARSHIPS	FACILITIES / OVERHEAD	OTHER	TOTAL EXPENSES
2015	$7,663,880	$3,501,744	$1,744,957	$9,357,849	$22,268,430
2014	$7,383,100	$3,461,090	$859,513	$8,915,135	$20,618,838
2013	$6,693,954	$3,270,917	$939,916	$7,798,182	$18,702,969

Really wish I had 2016's numbers (to see how FCOA and the SHAC affect the current budget), but making up $400,000 shouldn't be too difficult. Going to need to rely on increasing Ticket Sales, Contributions and possibly Rights/Licensing Fees. At the same, will need to come up with ways to reduce Facilities/Overhead and Other costs.

Teammakers should be able to cover that with increased teammakers donations from the Shac much less slight increased at the dome. We could actually cover the cost with the non revenue sports just by getting some fans to the games. I'm talking the softball, baseball, wrestling, and ladies basketball of the world's. Heck Bison 1660 radio advertising gives 30% of gross revenue

I'll be slightly increasing my donation, hopefully everyone else does too.

[Mr Meaty]

Teammakers should be able to cover that with increased teammakers donations from the Shac much less slight increased at the dome. We could actually cover the cost with the non revenue sports just by getting some fans to the games. I'm talking the softball, baseball, wrestling, and ladies basketball of the world's. Heck Bison 1660 radio advertising gives 30% of gross revenue

I'll be slightly increasing my donation, hopefully everyone else does too.

I will up mine some as well. Plus another reminder the school get more money from merchandise sold through the bookstore than other outlets. Order online and it comes quickly.

[Hammersmith]

I really wish Kolpack had Tran help him out with the numbers in his articles. Tran is really good at making facts and figures clear, while Kolpack frankly sucks at it.

Example from the most recent article about the budget cuts:

NDSU reportedly used $2.1M of state money for the athletic department. And that's going to get cut 40%(even though the overall cut to state aid is expected to be more like 10-20%). That's okay, it's better for the athletic department to take a bigger % hit than the academic departments if possible. So 40% of that $2.1M works out to be about $800k(actually $840k, but there is probably some rounding going on on both ends). But since the state money is based on biennial numbers, it actually means the cut is $400k per year.

That's all hunky-dory, but Kolpack also gives a total athletic budget of $22.03M this year. The problem is that he compares it(in the same sentence) to the $2.1M from the state. That's apples to oranges. The $22.03M is an annual figure; the $2.1M is a biennial figure. You can't compare the two directly. You either need to use $22.03M(2016) versus $1.05M(2016) or $44.3M(2015 + 2016) versus $2.1M(2015 + 2016).

In any case, the actual cut to the athletics department appears to be $400k out of $22.03M(-1.8%). And that was more than made up for by the big surge in Team Makers donations(additional seat fees).

The question I have now is in regards to the $1.3M UND is cutting from their athletic department. Is that $1.3M per year or $1.3M over two years. I suspect it's the former, but who the hell knows with these sportswriters trying to write articles about money?