The latest issue of Silver and Blue Magazine has a break-down of the University of Nevada’s athletics budget. An “Other” category was listed as having more than $2.5 million in expenses. Here is the breakdown of expenses, with explanation, provided by Chad Hartley, associate athletic director/communications:
“Other” is basically made up of smaller operating expenses. The information in the chart … is sourced from our annual NCAA Financial Report. If the NCAA doesn’t have a specific line item for a piece of revenue or a expense, it gets classified as “other.”
“Other” Expenses Breakdown
- Game Guarantees, 672,990
- Facilities Maintenance/Repairs, 374,830
- Training Table/Team Meals, 253,790
- Printing, 152,310
- Postage, 17,900
- Phone, 58,200
- Office Supplies, 76,885
- Parking, 10,025
- Events (Participant Paid), 233,915
- Employee Moving Expenses, 63,400
- Employee Recruitment, 28,030
- Student Athlete Assistance Fund, 85,775
- Travel, 87,680
- Hosting, 52,200
- Computer Hardware/Software , 118,200
- Spirit Groups, 97,300
- Medical Supplies, 56,700
- Audio/Visual, 12,010
- Grad Assistants (Fees/Books), 29,050
- Compliance Software, 8,800
- Misc, 143,425
TOTAL: $2,633,415
For clarification, Hartley explained these categories:
Game Guarantees are the what we pay some schools to come here to play us for non-conference games. For example, we played Southern Utah in football to open the 2014 season. There was a financial guarantee involved in that contract for them to come here. There are Game Guarantees on the revenue side as well. For example, we’ll receive seven figures for our game at Texas A&M this coming fall. These are more common in football and basketball than in other sports.
Events (Participant Paid) is the total cost to put on all of our special events during the year – the Blue Tie Ball, Governor’s Dinner, Blitz Club functions, Starting 5 Club functions, Timeout Luncheons, First Pitch Luncheons, etc. Proceeds from these events go into the revenue side and the cost to put them on is on the expense side (rather than a net figure on the revenue side).
Spirit Group is the budget for our spirit program, which is made up of our cheerleaders, stunt, pom and mascot members.
