Interpreting Mess with the Hawaii athletic budget for any length of time, and you realize there are at least two ways to look at it. While expectations are important, so is reality.
UH budget
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The numbers can say different
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Sport by sportBy Dave Reardon
dreardon@starbulletin.comWomen's basketball, for example, met expectations by coming in under budget for expenses and overachieving on revenue. But reality is that the plus column has a five-digit figure and the minus column a six-digit number.
The Hawaii athletic department came up $1.5 million short of its expectations last year. But, the fortunate reality is that UH has that much in the bank from the previous year.
That's especially fortuitous for athletic director Hugh Yoshida and associate AD Jim Donovan. Because UH president Evan Dobelle didn't take the surplus, as he said he might last year, Yoshida can hand off the baton to incoming athletic director Herman Frazier tomorrow with a clear conscience.
But reality will come swiftly for Frazier as he works on the budget for the coming year. With a very risky new TV deal that cuts $600,000 out of the pie before it's even baked and a shaky stock market, revenues can't be counted on to climb above the $15.2 million that 2001-2002 produced.
A realistic expectation might be $14.5 million, unless Ashley Lelie decides to give his alma mater a big chunk of his $3.3 million signing bonus with the Denver Broncos.
And expenditures will be higher.
Salaries are continually increasing, and not just for the successful coaches and high-level administrators. There will be a union pay raise to account for, too.
Frazier said he wants to expand administrative staff, and wonders how UH did as much as it did with so few people.
Football, as usual, is the biggest moneymaker but it is also the biggest spender. A couple months ago it looked like June Jones' team might miss its monetary goals. But, as the Warriors did on the field, they rallied late. The numbers the fans care about are 72-45 (the score against Brigham Young), but just as important are $4,299,601 and $3,459,178 (football's revenues and expenses, both better than budgeted).
That's a good sign. But five road games compared to three-and-a-half last fall (remember opening at Maui, which didn't help money matters) means more expenses, and pay-per-view could cut into attendance revenue.
Besides 9/11 and the stock market, other outside influences (spelled WAC) play a big part in UH's monetary fortunes, too. Hawaii, along with the other conference members, had to kick in $100,000 to subsidize the Humanitarian and Silicon Valley bowls. Also, while UH gets a tidy sum for conference basketball success of years past ($490,763), the biggest chunk, for Utah's Final Four run of 1998, will be no more starting with the upcoming budget.
For now, it all miraculously adds up to $11,791.62 on the plus side when Yoshida gives Frazier the checkbook tomorrow.
That might be nice if you're talking about a family of four. But to put it in perspective, $11,791.62 pays for about 110th of the men's tennis budget.
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Sport-by-sport breakdown
Sport Revenue Expenditures Budgeted Actual Budgeted Actual Baseball $301,174 330,150 891,982 784,032 Cross country/track 1,000 5,793 454,186 448,914 Men's basketball 1,317,500 1,397,472 1,259,233 1,217,463 Women's basketball 90,000 96,744 750,529 684,601 Football 4,284,000 4,299,601 3,564,489 3,459,178 Men's golf 17,000 16,400 149,964 147,495 Women's golf 25,000 24,751 192,231 166,917 Co-ed sailing 0 0 61,011 114,838 Women's sailing 0 0 61,691 67,219 Soccer 8,600 1,802 399,185 386,619 Softball 16,250 14,607 454,658 455,321 Swimming/diving 87,250 93,505 565,103 618,371 Men's tennis 1,000 1,322 92,143 102,795 Women's tennis 0 32 174,331 177,880 Men's volleyball 667,100 676,648 362,206 405,427 Women's volleyball 951,500 862,861 536,737 550,723 Water polo 6,500 877 279,658 290,537
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