Ok, Zeb! Gosh! You have me questioning my own position on this. You raise some very good points concerning the UAA vs the university. Man, are you a lawyer or some thing? :-)
---------- Sent from AT&T's Wireless network using Mobile Email ------Original Message------ From: John Vega <zebu...@gate.net> To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:39:05 PM GMT-0400 Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: 6/17 06:01 --- UF statues to honor Heisman winners [Crabbe] On Jun 17, 2010, at 3:18 PM, oli...@bobparks.com wrote: > That is why it's called a donation. Giving more money to the > university could be justified in any year, not just this year when > things are bad. If the UAA were part of the University, it would be called a budget. But for the University, the UAA would not earn a dime. Semi-pro football founders, and even minor league baseball has trouble making money (with better players than play NCAA ball). So, I have trouble understanding that, when an arm of the University comes in under-budget, why not spending more money is considered a "donation." > Actually, the UAA gives more money than most other schools get out > of their sports programs. Besides, who do you think funds softball, > soccer and lacrosse? Ticket sales? Not only the sports, but all the > scholarships related to ALL of the non-revenue sports at UF are > funded by UAA. Well, OK, but how does this matter? Wouldn't they be part of the athletic department budget at another school? Money is fungible. I think your real point is that football pays for everything. Fine, but understand that a football-only athletic department would have serious Title IX problems, and that the non-revenue women's sports could reasonably be considered a part of the cost of operating the football program. > The vast majority of colleges don't do that, nor do they even run > in the black in any given year. That takes money directly away from > professors at f$U. Does the financial success of the UF football program depend upon: 1. our students and alumni 2. our success on the field 3. the adroitness of the UAA? I recall selling out Florida Field in 1979 when we were 0-10-1. I have trouble believing that, but for the UAA, we would not have the same football revenue. Maybe we should pull a Vandy, and bring all of athletics in-house. -Zeb -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
