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PAGE 2—THI NORTH TBXAS DAILY
Thursday, Octobar 7,1971
Athletics Receive Largest Cut of Fe
BY GARY MORTON
Interpretive Reporter
North Texas' athletic program receives
the largest amount of the Student Service
Fee (SSF) assessed students each semes-
ter—over $500,000. But Athletic Director
Rod Rust says the budget is not enough to
run a program comparable to those of other
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
schools.
Rust said he does not feel students should
be assessed any more, however, and lays
the blame for the problem on a lack of
support from non-students.
"I HAPPEN to think our student sup-
port is excellent here," Rust said. "The
problem is that North Texas does not en-
joy as much profit from game receipts as
many universities do to supplement the
program."
Students pay $526,479 of the total
$738,772 athletic budget from the SSF,
John L. Carter, vice-president for fiscal
affairs, said. This is more than two-thirds
of the entire sports budget. The remaining
$212,293 comes mainly from ticket sales
and contributions.
The athletic program's budget is broken
down in the following manner:
• Football—$158,520.
• Basketball—$105,339.
• Administration—$59,912.
• Club Sports—$5,120.
• Golf—$23,506.
• Track—$64,354.
• Tennis—$18,516.
• Trainers—$39,948.
• Sports Information and Broadcasting
Network—$16,320.
• Stadium—$34,944.
All these allocations have been increased
over last year's athletic budget, and the
only funds which were decreased are those
for stadium operation.
Bill Ermel, sports business manager,
said one reason for the needed increase in
money from the SSF is the rising cost of
running a college athletic program.
"Team travel expenses are the major
expenses of each sport," Ermel said. "The
cost usually inflates each year. Whenever
it is possible we ride buses to the games,
but sometimes it is cheaper to fly."
ERMEL SAID he requests bids on food
and lodging from at least 10 hotels and
motels per trip to keep travel costs down.
The club sports—soccer, gymnastics
and; wrestling—are the only sports the
schiool does not pay travel expenses for,
Ermel said.
Because of the limited athletic budget,
the football program has the smallest
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North Texas Sports—How Much?
coaching staff and gives fewer scholarships
than any other MVC team—85, Rust said.
North Texas coaches also must teach
activity classes, Rust said, while coaches
are full-time at most other Valley schools.
North Texas has a five-man coaching staff,
which is 2 men lower than the next lowest
total of coaches at other conference schools.
"THESE ARE the tangible factors
of our problem," Rust said. "Our present
dilemna is to find how to win within these
tangible factors."
The whole question of constantly im-
proving the athletic program at North Tex-
as depends on increasing funds for the
teams, Rust said. North Texas is currently
attempting to do this by playing some of
its home games in Dallas at Texas Stadium,
he said.
"We've been waiting for Texas Stadium
to be completed to see if we can draw more
people in the metropolitan area," Rust
said. He added that it is questionable
whether the current opposition scheduled
for Texas Stadium will draw fans in the
area.
"IT IS IMPORTANT to all this that
you win," Rust said.
Although some students have questioned
if the move to Dallas will increase the ath-
letic department's income, the amount al-
located for Fouts Field decreased this year
by nearly $40,000.
Ermel said that while no definite figure
has been reached for the total cost of rent-
ing the Cotton Bowl and Texas Stadium,
he estimated the cost to be around $4,000.
Basketball is allocated the next highest
portion of the SSF with $105,339, an in-
crease of $20,000 this year. Rust said bas-
ketball is able to compete with other con-
ference teams easier than football because
there are less players and coaches involved.
Yet because of the limited seating ca-
pacity in most arenas, it is difficult for
the basketball team to pay its own way
through the season, Rust said.
"EVEN WITH the new coliseum, if
we had a good team and say 5,000 students
turned out to watch them play, it would
still be hard for basketball to pay its own
way even with 5,000 paying fans," Rust
said. "It could probably go a long way to
pay its own way, but it would still fall
short."
Each of this year's 14 home games will
cost around $650 to play at home, Ermel
said. This includes officials, personnel to
work at the games and the cost of tickets.
Last year, the average attendance at home
basketball games was about 3,000, Ermel
said.
Ermel added that while the acoustics
and small size of Men's Gym kept some
Denton fans from attending the games,
there is "a good following among the towns-
people to build on" when the new coliseum
is completed.
"Traditionally, basketball has been the
most popular sport here," Ermel said. "We
play the type of game fans like—a fast
game."
LIKE BASKETBALL, the spring
sports—track, tennis and golf -are ade-
quately funded in order to compete favor-
ably with other MVC teams, Rust said.
North Texas continually has good spring
sports teams, a fact that brings much pres-
tige to the school, Rust added.
"But if you had to put it in dollars and
cents, they would get a failing mark," Rust
said.
Track receives the most funds of the
three spring sports, obtaining $64,354 from
the SSF, almost double its allocation of
last year. Once again, as with all the spring
sports, travel and scholarships are the ma-
jor costs, Ermel said.
THE OTHER two spring sports, ten-
nis and golf, also received increased
amounts from the SSF this year. Tennis
was raised nearly $3,000 to $18,516, while
golf, receiving $23,506 this year, was in-
creased over $5,000.
Most of the tournaments and meets
these sports participate in are held within
the state, which Ermel said helps to bring
down traveling expenses.
A new account in the athletic budget
this year goes to help support club sports,
including wrestling, gymnastics and soccer.
These accounts receive only $5,120 which
Ermel said pays mainly for uniforms and
insurance. But more important is the fact
that these sports have been recognized as
representing North Texas, Ermel explained.
By gaining recognition from the univer-
sity, they may be able to receive more funds
for their programs in the future, Ermel
said.
THE ADMINISTRATION expense
of $59,912 is used to run the sports business
office, Ermel said. Out of this amount
must come NCAA dues of $250 per year
and MVC dues totaling $10,000 per year,
he said. In addition, Ermel said, his office
must also handle ticket sales for all athletic
events for the school.
Another major cost of the administration
fee is the insurance North Texas carries on
sports participants. Both travel and acci-
dent insurance arc carried on all athletes,
Ermel said.
The last account on the ath-
letics budget is the sports information and
broadcasting network, also included for the
first time. Budgeted $16,320 from the fee,
this fund will provide the money for tele-
phone line costs of all Eagle football and
basketball games this year, Ermel said.
The network will utilize telephone lines
to send the broadcasts back to North Tex-
as, which is the cheapest way possible,
Ermel said. He said the university will
spend about $100 in line costs to send the
Arkansas game here.
No Right to Complain
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
Students Must
Use Vote Right
A common practice of North Texas students, especially those who live
in Denton, is to complain about the way the city treats students and the
services the city provides.
It was easy in the past; there was nothing students could really do to im-
prove the situation since they had little or no voice in city government. But
now it is different.
With the passing of the 26th Amendment, young people between the ages
of 18 and 21 are eligible to vote in all elections—local, state and national—
if they meet the general voting requirements.
To be eligible to vote in Denton, students must be Texas residents for at
least one year prior to registering to vote and have lived in Denton at least
six months. The county tax assessor-collector, George Lasater, who is also
in charge of registering voters, said having a mailing address in Denton
County constitutes this residency requirement.
In addition, students must declare they plan to reside "indefinitely" in the
place they are living while attending school after completing their educa-
tion in order to be eligible to vote in that place. For a student living in Den-
ton, and wishing to vote in Denton, it means that students must plan on
living here after finishing school.
But for how long? Lasater said that "indefinitely" means anything from
two or three days to a lifetime to him, and he would be compelled to register
anyone meeting the other requirements and willing to say they are going to
live in Denton indefinitely after finishing school.
What this means to students, though, is that it will be a lot harder for
them to complain now. Their "right" to complain without taking the re-
sponsibility to react is gone.
It is a different ball game for those who wish to play it over from the start.
With the right to vote and help determine what should be done for Denton,
students are faced with a responsibility they have never realized before.
While it is true some will not meet the residency requirements for voting
before the 1972 primaries, a substantial number are eligible. However, for
those who wish to vote in the future, the means to legally register are now
available.
The youth of the nation must prove themselves this coming election year
to skeptics who do not believe young people should be allowed to vote. Some
critics say students are not responsible enough to vote in '72.
This should be a red flag to most students and youths. 1972 is a year to
prove themselves to be truly responsible and willing to take part in the is-
sues facing their communities in an effort to do what is best for the com-
munity, not only their specific interest.
The upcoming elections can be used to shame those very critics of the 18-
year-old vote into taking a part in their own local affairs. Or 1972 could
only go to prove their point that students are irresponsible and should not
have been given the right to vote.
The question is up to the young people themselves. The alternatives are
for students to register and express their views, or to continue to complain—
this time without reason. '
- GARY MORTON
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DAILY FEEDBACK
Coed Resents Remarks
In Interview With Ferre
Cynthia Jackson, N.T. Box 8(MH>
I deeply resent a statement by Vice-
President Ferre which appeared in your
paper last week. He said, "The only time
students engage in critical analysis is the
one hour they are in class." He also made
hints about how really bad and impure the
"intellectual atmosphere" was at North
Texas.
Webster defines critical analysis as
"exercising careful judgement or judicious
evaluation when examining a complex
idea or situation, its elements and their
relations." Speaking for myself, I try to
engage in "critical analysis" when making
all my daily decisions and in formulating
ideas about others, myself and life. I am
curious just exactly what Vice-President
Ferre thinks I'm doing all the time I'm
not actually in a class.
To make such a statement as Ferre has,
one would have to have a rigidly biased and
prejudiced mind. A mind such as his does
not belong in the administration of a uni-
versity. Communication between students
and minds such as Ferre's is impossible.
No wonder our world is in such a terrible
state as it is. Everyone has to stop being
so prejudiced and start seeing others as
they really are, not just their own biased
concept of who they think others arc.
Student Disapproves
Of Spiegel's Actions
George Alger, University House, No. 266
Students at NTSU are to supposedly
vote soon on their new form of student
government.
I say supposedly because it seems that
their new constitution has already been
handpicked for them.
Wes Spiegel, president of the Student
Government Association (SGA), has called
dorm elections to elect representatives
to the SGA.
This an encouraging sign to sec some-
one actively preparing the way for the new
student government, yet what dictatorical
authority is he invoking in order to hold
these elections?
The student body is supposed to have a
choice. They have not as of today voted to
accept the SGA as their student govern-
ment. But Wes Spiegel seems to think he
already knows how the students will vote.
Or does he know they won't have
any choice?
The SGA constitution that students
voted for last spring semester has been
significantly changed, so that even Spiegel
knows that the students must vote again.
The NTSU administration didn't accept
the original SGA constitution. Since then
some significant changes have been made.
But Spiegel seems to think that although
this is not the same document, he can still
exercise the presidential power even without
student approval.
Spiegel has been told that there will be
another student government constitution
ready for the students to vote for when
the election comes. He seems to think,
though, that he has the right to judge which
constitution will be chosen.
There has been much dissension even
among the members of the constitutional
committee. Dr. Clovis Morrisson of the
political science faculty approves of SGA,
Dr. Sininger of the administration approves
of SGA and obviously Wes Spiegel, presi-
dent of SGA, approves of SGA.
But what about the student body? Do
the students have any choice? Wes Spiegel
has called for the dorm elections. Illegal
or not, Spiegel has decided they should
be held.
The students will have no choice over
this administrative document unless they
find out what's going on.
They need to find out and let Wes Spiegel
know that it's their decision and not his.
Robbins Praises Daily
For Editorial Comments
I)an Robbins, 220 Bryan, Denton
I would like to add my say of thanks to
the Daily staff, particularly to Ellen Moore,
David Lewis and Mike Whitehead, for their
excellent and progressive journalism.
Despite the naive clamors of a few red-
necks and misinformed new arrivals in the
Denton community, the real majority is
neither deaf nor silent, and they join me
in applauding the Daily.
The "Nolen Team" has frequently voiced
the clichd that they will act to alleviate
these antiquated situations that still thrive
on this campus if the students will only
communicate to them. In my opinion, the
Daily has admirably put forth this student
voice in relative print and clear photogra-
phy.
Give 'em Hell! And keep on keepin' on!
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