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If you radically defund state universities how can you expect them to field a basketball team?

23 Monday Mar 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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basketball, Kansas, NCAA, Sam Brownback, television

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (r) [January 2015 file photo].

Wichita State and University of Kansas fans attending the NCAA basketball tournament game between the two schools appear to understand that.

Via Twitter:

Yael T. Abouhalkah ‏@YaelTAbouhalkah

Gov. Sam Brownback just got booed on national TV. Pretty savvy political fans in that basketball arena. 6:24 PM – 22 Mar 2015

Kansan Sports ‏@KansanSports

Sam Brownback was just shown on the video board in Omaha and was met with a less-than positive response. 6:24 PM – 22 Mar 2015

KCTV5 – Kansas City ‏@KCTV5

Governor Brownback just got booed when they showed him. #KUvsWSU 6:24 PM – 22 Mar 2015

Jonathan Shorman ‏@jshormanCJ

That crowd reaction was definitely audible on TV 6:25 PM – 22 Mar 2015

Sean Nicholson ‏@ssnich

#schadenfreude 6:29 PM – 22 Mar 2015

Okay, I’m not too certain that last one wasn’t about the outcome of the basketball game rather than Governor Brownback (r) getting booed by the crowd.

Heh.

Dave Zirin ‏@EdgeofSports

Could get ugly! “@sluggahjells: Sam Brownback getting booed I think by the mostly people from the state of Kansas crowd.” 6:30 PM – 22 Mar 2015

"A Gentleman's Agreement"?: "…a wonderful relationship there we're really proud of…"

07 Monday Dec 2009

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Aaron Podolefsky, Greg Hassler, KOKO radio, missouri, NCAA, Shawn Jones, University of Central Missouri

This is the thirty-seventh post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and MB

Univerity of Central Missouri Associate Athletic Director Shawn Jones speaking at the 2009 NCAA National Convention – describing the University’s relationship with KOKO radio (D&H Media):  

The transcript:

….I am the, the play by play announcer for my institution. And that is my background, uh, before getting into athletics and eventually into athletics administration. But I still, uh, am the voice of my school. So, when I arrived and I looked at our broadcasting situation our, our institution was actually paying, uh, to have the, the football and men’s basketball games on the radio. We were paying a local station and then we had the chance to go out and sell some advertising and try to recoup the costs.

Well, certainly that was a win situation for that local, uh, radio station, but it really wasn’t for us. We were losing money, still getting good coverage. Well then a new station came into the market. And we had that wonderful thing called competition. So, I said, let’s flip this.  Now, what are you gonna pay us to carry our games, because both of them wanted to carry the games. What are you gonna pay us?

So, so, we developed a situation where now where we’re at, at this point, we receive a rights fee every year. An up front amount of money, uh, that we know we’re gonna get. Then, my self, my staff and the sales staff of the radio station, we sell the advertising together. And we split the advertising where the station gets seventy-five percent, we get twenty-five percent. If I sell to somebody on their list they get the money, the, the person who’s the sales person, so they don’t lose any commissions.

The, the point being is, is we have a situation where we are true partners. We work together, but, but the onus is on them to go out and make the money. Uh, as an institution what I want to do is just get our events on there. But they’re so happy to, to be making the money and to be the home of Central Missouri Athletics and, and we’re so happy to have this great partner. And so it works very well.

And now we have football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, some softball games on the air. They let us use their Internet site to carry some, some softball, some volleyball. We have coach’s shows. We have a weekly coach’s show. Uh, they give us advertising now. I mean they literally give it to us, uh, and a chance to promote our upcoming events because we’re truly partners.

Uh, we don’t treat them like, uh, just a member of the media. Um, you know, and, and we share all revenues, we, we trade spreadsheets often. So, it’s a very nice situation.

And, and when you make somebody a partner it’s important when we have that, uh, that gear day that you guys all know and the coaches get their gear in. I make sure that the sports director at the, at the local station, he’s got his new shirt and his new warm ups. And, and if we have a team that is fortunate enough to advance and, and maybe participate in an elite eight or, or win a regional and, and we’re buying rings for the team, you know, I, I go to my, my boss, the athletic director, and say, can, can we get a ring for the sports director, he travels, we’ve got this partnership? And, and those are the kind of things we do. So, we’ve really created a, a wonderful relationship there we’re really proud of….

The May 2005 contract between the University of Central Missouri and D&H Media (KOKO radio).

“…So, so, we developed a situation where now where we’re at, at this point, we receive a rights fee every year. An up front amount of money, uh, that we know we’re gonna get…”

Except, we can’t quite figure out when anyone made those quarterly payments. Maybe they can’t, either.

“…Uh, we don’t treat them like, uh, just a member of the media. Um, you know, and, and we share all revenues, we, we trade spreadsheets often. So, it’s a very nice situation…”

Spreadsheets? There are spreadsheets?

…But they’re so happy to, to be making the money and to be the home of Central Missouri Athletics and, and we’re so happy to have this great partner. And so it works very well…

That’s interesting. A member of the Board of Governors wrote:

…Furthermore, had I been in a situation where others were engaged in this behavior, I would not have tolerated it. The comments by the radio personality were inappropriate, and I voiced my disapproval upon learning about the incident. However, this man has no connection to the board and his comments should have no reflection on the members of the Board of Governors…

Maybe the board feels that way because none of them actually signed the ten year contract with the radio station.

Interesting. There’s a ten year radio contract (a strong association with the university), the Associate Athletic Director describes a close relationship and a situation where the radio station sports director may get a ring (another strong association with the University), but when that individual makes a comment on the radio that connection to the institution disappears? How quaint.

Maybe they should ask for their warm ups back.

Our previous coverage of the issue:

Three steps behind, and to the right (January 25, 2008)

Three steps behind, and to the right, part 2 – a microcosm of our universe (September 21, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”? (October 15, 2009) (transcript of a portion of the live radio broadcast)

It wasn’t just about a tree (October 21, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: I heard it on the radio (October 21, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: let’s not get cut out of the will (October 22, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: $87.75 will get you one sheet of paper (October 23, 2009)



“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: They’re not playing hardball, they’re playing cat and mouse
 (Octobe
r 23, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: a cola and some scoreboards (October 24, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: a few more pieces of the puzzle? (October 28, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: your silence means consent (October 29, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: let’s not get cut out of the will, part 2 (October 30, 2009)

Old media irony impairment (October 30, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: I heard it on the radio, part 2 (October 31, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: where everybody knows your name (October 31, 2009)

Methinks that someone is paying attention! (November 2, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: Bond, Stadium Bond (November 4, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: where everybody knows your name, part 2 (November 4, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: I heard it on the radio, part 3 (November 5, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: nothing succeeds like success (November 6, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: your Friday news dump (November 6, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: nothing exceeds like excess (November 7, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: a grade for Accounting 101 (November 7, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: there ought to be a law (November 8, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: there’s gotta be a contract around here somewhere (November 9, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: there ought to be a law, part 2 (November 10, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: Garbo speaks! (November 12, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle (November 13, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”? Follow the money and it reveals the timeline (November 14, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: the new president search consulting contract (November 18, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: a march on a cold and rainy day (November 18, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: raise their voices (November 19, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: great moments in radio reporting (November 21, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: Oh, my! (December 3, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: It’s simple, really… (December 5, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: I do truly care about the success of our students (December 6, 2009)

"A Gentleman's Agreement"?: nothing exceeds like excess

07 Saturday Nov 2009

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Aaron Podolefsky, athletics, missouri, NCAA, University of Central Missouri

This is the twenty-second post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and MB

We’ve been curious about rumors and a perception of hostility toward Aaron Podolefsky on the part of some in athletics and some of their supporters. Knowing of significant expenditures for replacement bleacher seats (pdf) in the Multipurpose Building and the implementation of a new student fee that generated significant income for the athletics budget and the inherent substantive support that indicates, all occurring under Aaron Podolefsky’s direction, we started asking about the specifics of the athletic budget. Previously we received a budget summary (pdf) of athletics expenditures from FY 2006 to FY 2010.

[….]

date: Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:03 PM

subject: Request for Information – RSMo 610

This is a request for the following under RSMo 610:

1. A copy of the latest annual Equity in Athletics report filed with the Department of Education.

2. A copy of the latest annual NCAA Financial Reporting Form (“report on the revenues, expenses and capital expenditures of the institution’s athletics department”) as submitted by the University.

Please provide an estimate of the cost of the charges for providing this information under RSMo 610.026.

Thank you.

[….]

[emphasis added]

We received the following reply:

[….]

date: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:02 PM

subject: Re: Request for Information – RSMo 610

{….]

The cost of producing the requested information in your November 2, 2009, e-mail is $16.80.  Please advise if you wish to receive this information.  If so, it will be made available to you upon receipt of payment.

Sincerely,

[….]

We paid the $16.80 and this is part of what we got:

Name of Reporting Institution: University of Central Missouri

Information for the Reporting Year: 2008

[….]

Revenue/Expense Summary

1. Ticket Sales  [$] 90,410

Include revenue received for sales of admissions to athletics events. Include ticket sales to the public, faculty, and students, and money received for shipping and handling of tickets. Do not include ticket sales for conference and national tournaments that are pass-through transactions. Report amounts in excess of a ticket’s face value paid by ticket purchasers (for example, to obtain preferential seating) in category 4 (Contributions).

2. Student Fees [$] 461,380

Include student fees assessed and restricted for support of intercollegiate athletics.

3. Guarantees [$] 20,500

Include revenue received from participation in away games

4. Contributions [$] 493,613

Include amounts received directly from individuals, corporations, associations, foundations, clubs or other organizations that are designated, restricted or unrestricted by the donor for the operation of the athletics program. Report amounts paid in excess of a ticket’s value. Contributions shall include cash, marketable securities and in-kind contributions. In-kind contributions may include dealer-provided automobiles (market value of the use of a car), apparel and soft-drink products for use by staff and teams. Do not report pledges until funds are allocated. Report gifts and merchandise from corporate sponsorship agreements in Category 12 (Royalties, Licensing, Advertisement and Sponsorship).

5. Compensation and Benefits Provided by a Third party. [$] 0

Include all amounts provided by a third party and contractually guaranteed by the institution, but not included on the institution?s W-2 (e.g., car stipend, country club membership, entertainment allowance, clothing allowance, speaking fees, housing allowance, compensation from camps, radio income, television income, and shoe and apparel income). This should equal Expense Categories 20 and 22 combined.

6. Direct State or Other Government Support. [$] 0

Include state, municipal, federal and other government appropriations made in support of the operations of intercollegiate athletics. This amount includes funding specifically earmarked to the athletics department by government agencies for which the institution has no discretion to reallocate. Any state or other government support appropriated to the university, for which the university determines the dollar allocation to the athletics department shall be reported in Direct Institutional Support (item 7).

7. Direct Institutional Support. [$] 5,397,758

Include value of institutional resources for the current operations of intercollegiate athletics, as well as all unrestricted funds allocated to the athletics department by the university (e.g., state funds, tuition, tuition waivers and transfers). Also include Federal Work Study support for student workers employed by athletics.

8. Indirect Facilities and Administrative Support. [$] 529,940

Include value of facilities and services provided by the institution not charged to athletics. This support may include an allocation for institutional administrative cost, facilities and maintenance, grounds and field maintenance, security, risk management, utilities, depreciation and debt service. If your institution does not currently track indirect institutional support, consult your business office for a reasonable allocation. If counted here, include offsetting expenditure equal in value in Expense Category 32 (Indirect Facilities and Administrative Support).

9. NCAA/Conference Distributions including all tournament revenues. [$] 123,148

Include revenue received from participation in bowl games, tournaments and all NCAA distributions. This category includes amounts received for direct participation or through a sharing arrangement with an athletics conference, including shares of conference television agreements. If known by sport, report as such. Include any payments received from the NCAA for hosting a championship (permissible to include in Revenue Not Related to Specific Teams).

10. Broadcast, Television, Radio, and Internet Rights. [$] 0

Include institutional revenue received directly for radio and television broadcasts, Internet and e-commerce rights received through institution-negotiated contracts.

11. Program Sales, Concessions, Novelty Sales, and Parking. [$] 9,924

Include revenue of game programs, novelties, food or other concessions, and parking revenues. Revenue from sales of game program advertising is to be included in Revenue Category 12 (Royalties, Licensing, Advertisements and Sponsorships).

12. Royalties, Licensing, Advertisements and Sponsorships. [$] 76,848

Include all revenue from corporate sponsorships, licensing, sales of advertisements, trademarks and royalties. An allocation will be necessary to distinguish revenues generated by athletics versus the university if payments are combined. Include the value of in-kind products and services provided as part of the sponsorship (e.g., equipment, apparel, soft drinks, water and isotonic products).

13. Sports Camp Revenues. [$] 16,532

Include amounts received by the athletics department for sports-camps and clinics.

14. Endowment and Investment Income. [$] 20,093

Include endowment spending policy distribution and other investment income in support of the athletics department. These categories include only restricted investment and endowment income for the operations of intercollegiate athletics; institutional allocations
of income from unrestricted endowments qualify as “Direct Institutional Support”.

15. Other. [$] 19,198

As a guide, please limit this to no more than 5% of total revenues and attempt to reclassify amounts greater than 5% to the appropriate category(ies) above to bring the category to less than 5% of the total revenue. If the number is greater than 5%, please provide the top three categories and amounts in the comments section below.

16. Subtotal Operation Revenue. [$] 7,259,344

Expenses

17. Athletic Student Aid. [$] 1,947,209

Include the total amount of athletically related student aid awarded, including summer school and tuition discounts and waivers (including aid given to student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility or who are inactive due to medical reasons). Athletics aid awarded to non-athletes (student-managers, graduate assistants, trainers) should be reported as Expenses Not Related to Specific Teams. It is permissible to report only dollars in the Expenses Not Related to Specific Teams row as long as you have reported non-zero entries for Equivalencies, Number of Students, and Dollars (all 3 required) for at least one sport.

18. Guarantees. [$] 0

Include amounts paid to visiting participating institutions.

19. Coaching Salaries, Benefits, and Bonuses Paid by the University and Related Entities. [$] 1,312,776

Include gross salaries, bonuses and benefits provided to head and assistant coaches, which includes all gross wages, benefits and bonuses attributable to coaching that would be reportable on university and related entities (e.g., foundations, booster clubs) W-2 and 1099 forms (e.g., car stipend, country club membership, entertainment allowance, clothing allowance, speaking fees, housing allowance, supplemental retirement allowance, compensation from camps, radio income, television income, tuition remission, earned deferred compensation benefits). Place any payment made to previous coaches to satisfy a contractual agreement for coaching in Category 23 (Severance Payments).

20. Coaching Other Compensation and Benefits Paid by a Third Party. [$] 0

Include all compensation paid to the coaching staff by a third party and contractually guaranteed by the institution, but not included on the institution?s W-2 (e.g., car stipend, country club membership, entertainment allowance, clothing allowance, speaking fees, housing allowance, compensation from camps, radio income, television income, shoe and apparel income). Expense Categories 20 and 22 combined should equal Revenue Category 5 (Compensation and Benefits Provided by a Third Party).

21. Support Staff/Administrative Salaries, Benefits and Bonuses Paid by the University and Related Entities. [$] 876,033

Include gross salaries, bonuses and benefits paid to administrative staff (i.e., football secretary, sport-specific  trainer) that would be reportable on university and related entities (e.g., foundations, booster clubs) W-2 and 1099 forms (e.g., car stipend, country club membership, entertainment allowance, clothing allowance, speaking fees, housing allowance, supplemental retirement allowance, compensation from camps, radio income, television income, tuition remission, earned deferred compensation benefits). Staff members responsible for the gender-specific athletics department, but not a specific sport (i.e., director of men?s athletics), will have their compensation figures reported as Expenses Not Related to Specific Teams fields. Athletics department staff members who assist both men?s and women?s teams (sports information director, academic advisor) will be reported as Not Allocated by Gender column.

22. Support Staff/Administrative Other Compensation and Benefits Paid by a Third Party. [$] 0

Include all compensation paid to the support staff by a third party and contractually guaranteed by the institution, but not included on the institution?s W-2 (e.g., car stipend, country club membership, entertainment allowance, clothing allowance, speaking fees, housing allowance, compensation from camps, radio income, television income, shoe and apparel income). Expense Categories 20 and 22 combined should equal Revenue Category 5 (Compensation and Benefits Provided by a Third Party).

23. Severance Payments. [$] 0

Include severance payments and applicable benefits recognized for past coaching and administrative personnel.

24. Recruiting. [$] 134,458

Include transportation, lodging and meals for prospective student-athletes and institutional personnel on official and unofficial visits, telephone call charges, postage and such. Include value of use of institution?s own vehicles or airplanes as well as in-kind value of loaned or contributed transportation.

25. Team Travel [$] 491,684

Include air and ground travel, lodging, meals and incidentals for competition related to preseason, regular season and postseason. Amounts incurred for food and lodging for housing the team before a home game also should be included. Include value of use of the institution?s own vehicles or airplanes as well as in-kind value of donor-provided transportation.

26. Equipment, Uniforms and Supplies. [$] 491,601

Include items that are provided to the teams only. Equipment amounts are those expended from current or operating funds.

27. Game Expenses. [$] 162,985

Include game-day expenses other than travel that are necessary for intercollegiate athletics competition, including officials, security, event staff, ambulance and such.

28. Fund Raising, Marketing and Promotion. [$] 37,966

Include costs associated with fund raising, marketing and promotion for media guides, brochures, recruiting publications and such.

29. Sports Camp Expenses. [$] 0

Include all expenses paid by the athletics department, including non-athletics personnel salaries and benefits, from hosting sports camps and clinics. Athletics personnel salaries and benefits should be reported in Categories 19,20,21 or 22.

30. Direct Facilities, Maintenance, and Rental. [$] 333,753

Include direct facilities costs charged to intercollegiate athletics, including building and grounds maintenance, utilities, rental fees, operating leases, equipment repair and maintenance, and debt service.

31. Spirit Groups [$] 42,200

Include support for spirit groups including bands, cheerleaders, mascots, dancers, etc.

32. Indirect Facilities and Administrative Support. [$] 529,940

Include value of facilities and services provided by the institution not charged to athletics. This support may include an allocation for institutional administrative cost, facilities and maintenance, grounds and field maintenance, security, risk management, utilities, depreciation and debt service. If your institution does not currently track indirect institutional support, consult your business office for a reasonable allocation. If counted here, include offsetting amount equal in value in Revenue in Category 8 (Indirect Facilities and Administrative Support).

33. Medical Expenses and Medical Insurance [$] 330,921

Include medical expenses and medical insurance premiums for student-athletes.

34. Memberships and Dues. [$] 4,400

Include memberships, conference and association dues.

35. Other Operating Expenses. [$] 411,268

Other operating expenses include printing and duplicating, subscriptions, business insurance, telephone, postage, operating and equipment leases, non-team travel and any other operating expense not reported elsewhere. Do not include indirect administration overhead provided by the university (use Category 32) or salaries and benefits (use Categories 19 or 21). Attempt to allocate all expenses to Categories 17 through 34 before using this category. As a guide, please limit this category to 10% of total operating expenses. If the number is greater than 10%, please provide the top three categories and amounts in the comments section below.

36. Total Operating Expenses. [$] 7,107,194

Add Columns 17-35.

[….]

[formatted for presentation]

That’s a signficant amount of institutional support. The student fee alone generated
$461,380. Ticket sales were only $90,410.

We’re curious about this….

….10. Broadcast, Television, Radio, and Internet Rights. [$] 0

Include institutional revenue received directly for radio and television broadcasts, Internet and e-commerce rights received through institution-negotiated contracts….

…given a radio contract (pdf) that states the University is supposed to be paid $15,000 a year for the rights to broadcast intercollegiate athletic events.

As near as we can tell from information provided (pdf) – after 2007 the university was no longer covering overages in the athletic budget from the general fund and was, instead, charging the athletic budget for those overages on their next year’s budget.

That could be called promoting accountability and fiscal restraint.

Our previous coverage:

Three steps behind, and to the right (January 25, 2008)

Three steps behind, and to the right, part 2 – a microcosm of our universe (September 21, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”? (October 15, 2009) (transcript of a portion of the live radio broadcast)

It wasn’t just about a tree (October 21, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: I heard it on the radio (October 21, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: let’s not get cut out of the will (October 22, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: $87.75 will get you one sheet of paper (October 23, 2009)



“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: They’re not playing hardball, they’re playing cat and mouse
 (October 23, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: a cola and some scoreboards (October 24, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: a few more pieces of the puzzle? (October 28, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: your silence means consent (October 29, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: let’s not get cut out of the will, part 2 (October 30, 2009)

Old media irony impairment (October 30, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement?”: I heard it on the radio, part 2 (October 31, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: where everybody knows your name (October 31, 2009)

Methinks that someone is paying attention! (November 2, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: Bond, Stadium Bond (November 4, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: where everybody knows your name, part 2 (November 4, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: I heard it on the radio, part 3 (November 5, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: nothing succeeds like success (November 6, 2009)

“A Gentleman’s Agreement”?: your Friday news dump (November 6, 2009)

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