Athletic Budget Will Balance Despite Projected Deficit of $10000 1-1
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Spartans: Halloween Kennedy underdogs see page 3 * see page 4 see page 6 S artan Daily Volume 75. Number 44 Serving the San Jose State Community Since 1934 Friday. October 31 1980 Adams-- athletic budget will balance despite projected deficit of $10,000 by Dave Meltzer $1,166 per contest. than their budgets allowed. will only be approved if the balance Sports Editor Doubling attendance would be Legislation, which will be voted in their budgets is greater than the Although the Men's Athletic impossible, as the home site for on in January by the NCAA board, request." Department budget for the 1980-81 Spartan basketball, the San Jose would drop those mandatory 12 Many of the so-called minor fiscal year calls for a $10,000 deficit, Civic Auditorium, holds just 2,500 sports to 10. This is because SJSU sports, which produce limited or no Athletic Director Dave Adams still spectators. isn't alone in its financial revenue, have had their budgets insists that his department will But doubling the gate receipts is headaches. severely cut in an effort to make break into the black. possible, according to SJSU ticket "We have 13 sports now," ends meet. Changes have been made "We're doing everything we can manager Jack Mogg. It's only Adams said. because of these cuts: to finish that way," Adams said. possible by tightening up on freebie Technically, SJSU fields 14 Baseball, cut 48 percent from The budget, signed Sept. 18 by tickets. sports teams. However, the NCAA $18,701 to $9,768, has been forced to Adams and then-Business Manager "It will go higher," Mogg said. doesn't recognize judo as an in- disband its junior varsity team. Frank Fantozzi and approved last "But I don't know if it can double." tercollegiate sport because not Baseball was the only men's sport to week by SJSU President Gail "We're going to work like mad enough schools participate in it. field a JV team. Fullerton, calls for $884,000 in ex- to double it," Adams said. Because of this, the SJSU judo Tennis, cut 60 percent from penditures and expects $874,000 in $23,699 to $9,468, has been forced to revenue. schedule a majority of its meets at Adams termed the proposed home because its travel budget was deficit as a "mistake by one man Adams: 'I'm checking every request hit the hardest. which I don't want to get into." Track, cut 51 percent from But to meet the revenue for money the coaches make this year.' $60,800 to $29,872, will not field a dual projections, the budget is counting meet team this year. The track team on: is planning to send individuals to An 84 percent increase in "We were very disappointed in team has to raise most of its own invitational meets of the Bruce football ticket revenue, from $98,525 the student support at the basketball money. Jenner Classic variety. photo by Roger Woo to $181,000. games last year," Adams lamented. "If we were to drop below the 12, "We're not planning to send an entire dual meet team to any meets John Bunzel, former president of SJSU and current senior research fellow at A 103 percent increase in "We're planning some promotional we'd have one year probation before this year," Adams said. Stanford's Hoover Institute, predicted a Carter victory next Tuesday. basketball ticket revenue, from nights to pick up the attendance." we'd have to add an additional $12,824 to $26,000. Most major universities count sport," Adams said. One of the sports hit hardest is Actual football attendance has on football and basketball, along The only options SJSU would the aquatics program, which may be increased a more modest 19 percent with fund-raising efforts, to support have as additional sports to add in a sink-or-swim year. this year from an average of 10,300 the so-called minor or non-revenue would be ice hockey, lacrosse, The water polo team budget, cut to an average of 12,254 spectators at producing sports. rifling, skiing or volleyball. Of the 75 percent from $20,194 to $4,95i1 prediction: (partially due to the elimination of Bunzel's each home game. At SJSU, however, football five, volleyball would be the only If the current average is profits cannot even cover the basket- practical alternative since it's the all scholarship revenue), has had maintained over the final two home ball debt that wiil result this year only sport where there are enough trouble fielding a team all season games, this would leave the even if basketball gate receipts teams in the vicinity to keep travel long. for Carter There are just eight players on victory department some $41,000 shy of its double. costs down. The other four are budgeted goal. The Men's Athletic Department, basically regional sports with few, if the team, not even enough to con- That deficit will be made up by under previous administrators, built any, West Coast teams par- duct a practice. The team was the ABC-TV money received for the up a debt of more than $200,000 the ticipating. forced to play one man short in a in a close contest budget, game last weekend and had to forfeit regional televising of the Spartans' last two years. As for over-spending the football game at Washington State "It's not easy making money in Adams has instituted a new policy to a game earlier this season due to participants. by Wayne Norton taken the cause too far. earlier this season. SJSU men's sports," Adams said. make sure this doesn't occur this lack of Swimming, a sport totally Former SJSU President John "He referred to God as the in- athletics is expected to receive The Men's Athletic Department year. eliminated from the original budget, Bunzel said Wednesday that he cumbent," Bunzel said. about $42,000 as its share from that relies on department-produced "I'm checking every request for has now been earmarked for $6,000 would bet "an inflationary dollar" broadcast. revenue for 72 percent of its funding. money that the coaches make this that President Jimmy Carter will be Inflation is Reagan's biggest However, $6,000 of that TV The other monies, which total year," Adams said. "The requests -continued on back page re-elected. issue, according to Bunzel. "The money has been earmarked for $241,817, come from fund-raising voters are overwhelmingly dissatis- swimming, a sport totally forgotten efforts through the Spartan Foun- Bunzel told the crowd of 100 in fied with Carter's handling of the in the budget. dation and Instructionally Related the Business Classrooms that polling economy," he said. Football is the only sport which Activities funds. data Stiff competition indicates that disaffected is expected to earn a profit. Football The SJSU budget problems have Bunzel cautioned, however, that Democrats and independents will is expected to produce $524,464 in been twofold: even though voters are unhappy, vote for Carter as the "lesser of two revenue on a $459,823 investment. NCAA regulations require there is evidence that Carter is out- evils." Bunzel is now a senior But that $64,641 profit can't even SJSU to field 12 sports to remain in distancing his bad economic rating. research fellow at Stanford fund the $76,663 loss basketball is the Division I-A category. University's Hoover Institute. "Voters are uncertain about budgeted to suffer this year. The other problem, which The traditional Democratic what anyone can do about inflation," The SJSU basketball team Adams inherited from the previous coalition of liberals, labor, ethnic he said. "Americans are more likely averaged 1,764 fans per game, but administration, is that SJSU groups and working class voters are to blame Congress than Carter." more significantly, took in just coaches in the past often spent more beginning to play an enormously important role in the campaign. Bunzel said. Union settles for consultation This coalition, first forged by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Depression, has been the power base of every Democratic Faculty union withdraws charges presidential candidate since then. But this alliance has been dissipating in the last few elections, Bunzel said, adding that the disin- of unfair labor practice by Dumke tegration is even more evident this time. by Torn Mays state funding to finance any revision Crist said that CFA plans to re- "The mood is unenthusiastic. A faculty union has withdrawn of the salary schedule. circulate the survey next week in Carter is not a popular president," its unfair labor practice charge consultation will not be order to generate further response. he said. against California State University limited to the administration's merit "If consultation is going on in a This weekend has to be "the re- and Colleges ( CSUC I system pay proposal. meaningful way," he said, "then turn-of-the-natives time" if Carter is Chancellor Glenn Dumke for his "We are not out of the woods there isn't any reason that we would to be successful. Bunzel said. faculty salary proposal. have to come up with some type of The charge was filed against the decision by January." described Bunzel Reagan's by the Congress of chancellor The chancellor's office will be campaign as an "Eisenhoweriza- Associations CFA i in Crist said there Faculty quite responsive to faculty lion" of the candidate's image. September in an effort to stop the recommendations concerning the Reagan is attempting to follow the CSUC board of trustees from con- have been no new proposal, according to Thomas former president's example of sidering Dumke's proposal until all Lambry, CSUC vice chancellor for "pragmatic conservatism," un- faculty and staff were consulted on suggestions about Employment Relations.