1 GAME TIME SPARTAN SOCCER YELLOWMAN STILL JAMMIN' THE Jamaican irw-ae artist brings Rethinking a hatred 91 ST MINUTE for football his sounMSan Jose 11 NOTEBOOK OPINION 2 A&E 6 SPORTS 3 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPARTAN DAILY VOLUME 121, NUMBER 18 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2003 WWW.TH E SPAR TA N DAILY Football revenues come from varied sources By Jenny Shearer AN INSIGHT INTO SPARTAN FOOTBALL "What ou try to do is find an opponent and, in doing that, we wduld have to find a Daily Staff Writer where you do not have to have a return game to replacement school," Twining said. Editor's Note; Starting today and running through Thursday, your campus," McGarity said. The non-conference opponent could refuse t, The Spartan football program generates , the the Spartan Daily will run a four-part series that will focus "Football is the main source for revenue that play the replacement school for a number ot majority of revenue for San Jose State on San Jose State University's football program. makes our athletic department run. It allows reasons, Twining said. University's athletic department, said an for us to fully fund and fully scholarship every "And if we could not find an opponent and Monday - An organization's guest to rid S1SU of football. sport that we compete in, which (is) 17 sports, we still wanted to break the contract, in all con- Athletic Department official. Today - A look into the budget of the football program. This money is used to fund all of SJSU's 16 McGarity said. tracts, there's a fee that you pay for breach of NCAA sports teams, said John Twining, senior Wednesday - Strategies adopted by SJSU to market football. McGarity said the six home games Florida contract that in many cases is equal to the guar- associate athletic director. Thursday - What would life be without Spartan football? plays each season generate between $1.2 and antee. That's why it s very difficult to break a "The football program generates approxi $1.5 million per game for the university. contract it's cost prohibitive. If you couldn't mately $3.3 million in revenue for the Athletic $1.1 million to $1.4 Similarly, at SJSU, football receives the largest find a (replacement) opponent, you almost million. (This season), it's Nebraska would be able to play Southern percentage of dollars in the budget based upon couldn't do Department," Twining said. going to be close to $1.1 million," Twining Mississippi. In order to do that, they it," Twining said. Those monies come from a variety of sources, scholarships, personnel and the required higher He said the Spartans likely non-conference said. (Nebraska) had to buy us out. It was agreed operating expenses, such as travel and game opponents during the 2004-2005 season including ticket sales, corporate sponsors, The Athletic Department tamed $525,000 in that that number was $350,000, which basical- funding from the Western Athletic Conference management expenses, Twining said. include the University of Washington, New guarantee money for playing a non-conference ly was the net income that we would have Guarantee payments are negotiated between and guarantees, which are the payments that game against the University of Florida on Aug. derived had we played that game." Mexico State University and San Diego State non-conference opponents make to the univer- schools until a figure that satisfies both parties University. 30 and $250,000 for playing Stanford Twining said an advantage of breaking the is reached, McGarity said. These games will earn SJSU $525,000, sity, Twining said. University on Sept. 6, Twining said. contract with Nebraska is that it gives the foot- These payments account for a third of the Schools sip_ guarantee contracts several years $50,000 and $50,000, respectively, in guarantee The department also earned another ball team a week off prior to _playing its first in advance, Twining said, and it's difficult to football program's revenue and enable schools $350,000 for not playing the University of conference road game against R.ice on Oct. 4. payments, Twining said. to schedule games against non-conference break the contract once it's been signed. However, playing Stanford at Spartan Nebraska on September 27, Twining said. Playing a non-conference opponent creates For example, if SJSU needed to break a con- Stadium next season will cost the university opponents without having to schedule return "That had to dci with a television commit- an advantageous situation for football teams, games, Twining said. tract it had negotiated with a non-conference ment that ESPN desired, which did not said Greg McGarity, associate director for ath- opponent, "we would have to agree not to play See BUDGET, page 4 "Football guarantees will vary anywhere from include SJSU. They wanted a date in which letic, at the University f Florida. Minimal rush Class meets needs of disabled students to register for By Michelle Meier Daily Staff Writer San Jose State University has a require- ment that every student complete two recall election units in the human performance depart- ment in order to graduate. Some students may breeze through these courses without giving it a second thought. Campus remained For other students, however, this requirement presents a difficult obstacle. quiet as deadline Common. physical education courses suCT1 as aerobics, swimming or volleyball expired Monday are virtually impossible for a student in a wheelchair. Fortunately, SJSU provides students By Ken Lotich with any disability a way to meet this Daily Staff Writer requirement. A number of years ago, Nancy The hype and rush to register to vote was not felt Megginson, an adapted physical activity Monday at San Jose State University. specialist, developed a human perform- Monday was the last day to register to vote for the pos- ance course at SJSU for students with sible Oct. 7 recall election. disabilities. Associated Students and the MOSAIC Cross Cultural This class, entitled human performance Center were two on-campus resources where students 001 Physical Activity for Individuals could register to vote. with Disabilities, has been held in SPX A.S. chose to have in-class presentations and tables setup 90A for the past four years, said Janet outside the Student Union during the past month. Clair, instructor of the course. MOSAIC had a table in their center on the third floor "This course is offered for students who of the Student Union with voter registration forms and have a temporary or permanent physical refreshments. The forms were available in English, disability," Clair said. Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese. The class is held on Mondays and Donny Ardis, a student assistant and _graphic design Wednesdays from 2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. coordinator for MOSAIC, said MOSAIC- has had voter During this time students have access to registration for the past few weeks. treadmills, cycles, an assortment of MOSAIC also had "Rock the Vote" present at the weights and other wheelchair accessible Diversity Resource Fair held last Tuesday. Arelis said. machines. Still, Ardis said, no one showed up to register on Clair said the course is not physical Monday. therapy, but rather a physical education A.S. didn't have any tables or presentations for voter reg- course where students work on cardio- istration on Monday. respiratory endurance, muscle strength Time constraints was the reason no tables were setup for and endurance and flexibility. Above: Carrie Nash, right, a junior voter registration on Monday, said A.S. director of legisla- The course is made to adapt to each tive affairs, Jennifer Lam. student's needs, she said. majoring in education, assists In the past month, members of A.S. and other volun- "Each person has an individualized Dawn Wood, a junior history t teers have been going to different classes on campus, program in which they have short and major, with lifting weights in her encouraging students to register. Presentations were held long-term goals," Clair said. human performance class. Wood at the beginning of class and ran about 15 minutes, Lam Pia Burgos, a senior majoring in liberal is a student in the HuP 001 physi- said. studies, said she first heard about the Lam said A.S. has had approximately 300 students regis- course through the Disabled Resource cal activity for individuals with ter to vote. Center. disabilities class. "Originally [A.S.) was going to have plans [Monday)," She said that because of an acquired Lam said. But when the process and planning of voter brain injury, she suffers from late reflexes. Right: Dawn Wood, uses a rower registration came about, it was a short time frame, and we If she were to play baseball, she said, she didn't have as much time as we had hoped to plan some- would always have a black eye because in her human performance physi- thing big." she wouldn't be able to react to the ball in cal activity for individuals with A.S. was not expecting the unplanned election this year. time. disabilities class in the Spartan "Last year there was more time to plan things out "I can't be physically active in sports," Complex Monday. The class is because there wasn't a recall election," said Rachel Burgos said. open to all students regardless of Greathouse, controller for A.S. She said she chose this class to fulfill any physical disability. See VOTER, page 5 See WORKOUT, page 5 Photos by Janean Bronqersma Daily Staff A breath of fresh air ... Thieves struck campus twice Friday two lockers on the first floor of a lab while teaching a class.