We are the athletic director, assistant athletic director,
and principal of a high school. Our current athletic budget is $120,000 for
every athletic team in the program. The following breakdown is an allocation of
the budget and the rationale behind it. Please keep in mind that the needs of
our program are greater than $120,000.
For reference, the budget rules are below:
- · Only four teams are allowed to do a fundraiser to supplement the budget. The fundraisers will raise $60/person.
- · An alumnus of the high school (a former football player) has donated $20,000 to the athletic department, which is can be allocated to any program(s) we choose.
- · Certain financial needs in bold must be met.
- · You must use the entire budget.
- · Coaches’ salaries are not included in the $120,000 budget.
- · Consider if a teams rank in their conference matters.
- · Consider the number of athletics on the team matter.
- · Consider if certain teams should have a pay-to-pay status.
Budget:
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Teams:
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Mandatory Needs/Cost
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Men’s Basketball:
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New Balls: $1,000
Misc.: $4,800
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Women’s Basketball:
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New Balls: $1,000
Misc.: $4,800
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Football:
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Tackling Dummies: $20,000
Misc.: $12,000
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Men’s Soccer:
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New Balls: $1,000
Misc.: $5,500
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Women’s Soccer:
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Misc.: $5,500
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Baseball:
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Misc.: $5,500
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Softball:
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New Bats: $2,000
Misc.: $5,500
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Men’s/Women’s Swimming
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Pool Rental: $5,000
Misc.: $8,000
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Men’s/Women’s Downhill Skiing
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Season Lift Tickets: $1,000
Racing Gates: $4,500
Misc.: $10,000
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Women’s Track & Field:
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Misc.: $10,000
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Men’s Track & Field:
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Misc.: $10,000
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Hockey:
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Ice Time: $10,000
Misc.: $9,000
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Volleyball:
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Misc.: $4,000
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Field Hockey:
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New Sticks: $3,000
Misc.: $1,500
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Cheerleading:
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New Pom Poms: $750
Championships: $5,000
Misc.: $1,000
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Total:
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$151,350
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After committing to the financial obligations that must be met,
our athletic program is $31,350 in the red of the $120,000 budget. Gratefully
taking the $20,000 donation for the alumnus who was a past football play, still
has the program operating in the red at $11,350 over budget. Turning to
fundraising to help subsidize the budget, we made an executive decision to have
the four biggest teams in the program fundraise, this allows for the most
revenue to be brought in. The four teams are: football (75), women’s track and
field (65), men’s/women’s swimming (60), and men’s track and field (55). Having
a total of 255 athletics fundraise at $60 a person allows for an extra $15,300
in profit. We would then have fundraising dollars balance of budget, which
leaves $3,950 in the black. We all agreed that though specific teams took of
the task of fundraising, this one year does not reflect the financial history
and we should not favor the any team. As the leadership of this program, we
believe in equality and the extra $3,950 was divided equally among the 15 teams
at $263.33 per team. The rank of the team’s in conference play, the number of
athletes on a team, and the pay-to-play status was not an option for this
program. We balanced the budget while making high school athletics more fair
and affordable. Now let’s look forward to next year.
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