Randy???
From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Oliver Barry
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:53 PM
To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Athletics giving $6M from
budget back to UF
Si, si Miami todavia esta en Florida. Y tambien pronto estare Havana!
Oliver Barry CRS,GRI
Real Estate Broker
Bob Parks Realty
1517 Hunt Club Blvd
Gallatin TN 37066
Phone: 615-826-4040
Fax: 615-822-2027
Mobile: 615-972-4239
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From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Shane Ford
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:59 PM
To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Athletics giving $6M from
budget back to UF
Oliver,
I don' t entiende. ¿Pensé que la ciudad de Miami estaba no más en el estado de
la Florida?
Adios,
Shane Ford
GO GATORS!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Oliver Barry <mailto:oli...@bobparks.com>
To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:02 PM
Subject: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Athletics giving $6M from
budget back to UF
Contrast this with the Miami Herald/Palm Beach Post report. From it
you'd think the University is about broke. Even the AP report is positive.
They should be ashamed putting out a paper like that in the State of
Florida! .
Oliver Barry CRS,GRI
Real Estate Broker
Bob Parks Realty
1517 Hunt Club Blvd
Gallatin TN 37066
Phone: 615-826-4040
Fax: 615-822-2027
Mobile: 615-972-4239
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From: gatorn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Shane Ford
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:45 AM
To: GatorNEWS
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Athletics giving $6M from budget back to UF
Athletics giving $6M from budget back to UF
Increase in football ticket prices delayed; new television contracts
will bring in millions in revenue.
By Nathan Crabbe <mailto:nathan.cra...@gvillesun.com> - Gainesville SUN
Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:52 p.m.
In a nod to tough economic times, the University of Florida's Athletic
Association is cutting discretionary spending and giving more money back to the
university as a whole.
But the Athletic Association's operating expenses are still increasing
7 percent next year, in part because of rising scholarship and coaches'
salaries.
The association's board on Monday unanimously passed a budget of about
$90 million. It includes $6 million being transferred to the university from
the athletic budget, money that is being used to help soften the blow of state
funding cuts.
"The symbiotic relationship between athletics and the university was
never more present than it was this year," UF President Bernie Machen said.
"They stepped up and made a commitment to support the university in its time of
need."
The University Athletic Association oversees UF's intercollegiate
athletic program but operates as a separate nonprofit with its own budget. The
upcoming year's budget shows that sports continue to thrive even in a lingering
recession.
While the association is delaying an increase in football ticket prices
and expects fewer season tickets for men's basketball, new television contracts
will mean millions in new revenue.
Nearly every sport but football and men's basketball cut their budget
by about 10 percent, reducing costs for equipment, travel and other expenses.
Football and basketball are responsible for nearly all of the association's
revenue.
At the same time, a tuition increase and the start of a women's
lacrosse program mean higher scholarship expenses. Contractual obligations,
such as one-time incentives for coaches, and two new positions are increasing
salary costs by nearly $900,000. That figure doesn't include a possible new
contract with head football coach Urban Meyer.
Athletic Director Jeremy Foley said the association also must pay
increasing utility costs and pension obligations.
"There are some things in the budget that you can't cut," he said.
Foley said the association will benefit from the start of television
deals beginning this year. Revenue is projected to increase by more than $8.1
million, thanks in large part to the Southeastern Conference's new television
contract and UF's agreement with Fox-owned Sun Sports and the sports marketing
company IMG.
Yet, revenue from football games is projected to drop $600,000, in part
because the economic downturn delayed a planned ticket price increase. Gator
basketball game revenue is projected to fall $500,000 from a drop in season
ticket sales.
Counting the upcoming year's contribution, the Athletic Association
will have given more than $51 million to the rest of the university since 1990.
The figure has fluctuated from year to year, increasing to an all-time high of
nearly $9.6 million in 2007-08 before falling in the current year.
Machen had said he wanted a more predictable amount to be transferred
each year. But Foley said the figure depends on athletic revenue and the
university's needs in a particular year.
"That's negotiated every year," he said.
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