2011年6月19日星期日

Ball State University football spent $88,000 to lodge team before home games

Football is the elephant in the room when it comes to college athletic departments balancing the cost it takes to operate the program with the requirements demanded by Title IX law to ensure male and female athletes are treated with equality.

Football generates more income than any other sport on most college campuses but also racks up more expenses.

That's no different at Ball State, but some of the perks enjoyed by the Cardinals' football program might have played a role in a complaint filed by an unknown person that the university was not compliant in Title IX law. The grievance sparked an investigation that is ongoing.

Here's one scenario from last season that shows how football operates at Ball State and other schools:

The Cardinals stayed overnight at a hotel in Noblesville, Ind., before each home game in 2010. The practice is normal for virtually every Division I-A football program in the country, but no other Ball State sports teams are lodged in hotels the night before a home game.

The Cardinals used $8,375.84 from their 2010 operating budget of $736,200 to pay for rooms at Cambria Suites on Sept. 1. The hotel website touts the facility as a "sophisticated and contemporary Indiana hotel" and has "oversized suites with luxurious bedding and upscale amenities" that include two flat-panel LCD televisions, spa-like baths,you will need to get an offshore merchant account. microwaves and refrigerators, and Wolfgang Puck in-room coffee and Numi organic tea.

The Cardinals also spent $290 to have Ball State buses transport them from their hotel across busy Highway 238 to the IMAX Theater at Hamilton Town Center Mall. They paid $504 for the travel party to attend the movie The Other Guys on the morning of the season-opening game against Southeast Missouri State.

Ball State spent another $1,426 to hire two Star of America charter buses to take the 91-member travel party to the game at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie the next day.

On the day of the game, Ball State spent $4,582 on a 9 a.m. breakfast, 12:15 p.Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality,m. lunch and 3:20 p.Welcome to the official Facebook Page about Ripcurl.m.the Injection mold fast! pregame meal.The name "magic cube" is not unique.

The total cost of the overnight stay was about $14,673. Ball State repeated the procedure for its five other home games, bringing the total cost for travel and housing for nights before a home game in 2010 to roughly $88,000.

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