Hockey goes to budgeting
The blue line becomes the bottom line
Sebastion C. Lury
Issue date: 3/5/10 Section: Sports
Lyndon's hockey club set its financial goals high entering budgeting on Wednesday.
The hockey club requested the largest dollar amount of any club at Wednesday's budgeting meeting. The majority of the requested budget survived the second phase of budgeting at the Student Government Association meeting. The hockey club asked for $34,825 and so far only $325 has been cut.
According to Jonathan Davis, the head coach for the team as well as advisor for the club, the $325 was cut from Line B items. Line B items are items that are desired, but they are not required for the club to continue its peak operation. Meanwhile Line A items are the items that the club requires.
"We understand that cuts have to be made," said Davis in an e-mail, "and that all clubs and organizations will experience it."
"Cuts will be made; they have to be made," said club president Sam Monroe in an e-mail. "We understand this."
Both Monroe and Davis said that the club already has ideas of ways to make up for the expenses that the budget won't cover with the cuts.
"We will make up the differences through fundraising and player dues," said Monroe.
"As much fundraising as we can," said Davis. "We will be raising player dues to $250 for the 2010/2011 season to make up other increases as well."
One of the Line A items that the hockey club had to add this year was an allocation of money to hire an athletic trainer to be on site for games.
"We are required to supply a certified athletic trainer by order of the Northeast College Hockey Association," said Davis. "Since we are not a varsity sport we are not able to use the trainers already on campus."
Davis said that this rule was new for the 2010/2011 season.
Another of the Line A items was for referees. The hockey club must pay for three referees per game. Two of these referees were paid $203 per game while the third made only $138 per game during the 2009/2010 season. The team must also pay League Management Services, LLC a one-time sum of $400 to cover the cost of referee assignment.
Other Line A items included ice time, travel, and league fees.
Editor's Note: Sam Monroe also serves as the Managing Editor for The Critic.
The hockey club requested the largest dollar amount of any club at Wednesday's budgeting meeting. The majority of the requested budget survived the second phase of budgeting at the Student Government Association meeting. The hockey club asked for $34,825 and so far only $325 has been cut.
According to Jonathan Davis, the head coach for the team as well as advisor for the club, the $325 was cut from Line B items. Line B items are items that are desired, but they are not required for the club to continue its peak operation. Meanwhile Line A items are the items that the club requires.
"We understand that cuts have to be made," said Davis in an e-mail, "and that all clubs and organizations will experience it."
"Cuts will be made; they have to be made," said club president Sam Monroe in an e-mail. "We understand this."
Both Monroe and Davis said that the club already has ideas of ways to make up for the expenses that the budget won't cover with the cuts.
"We will make up the differences through fundraising and player dues," said Monroe.
"As much fundraising as we can," said Davis. "We will be raising player dues to $250 for the 2010/2011 season to make up other increases as well."
One of the Line A items that the hockey club had to add this year was an allocation of money to hire an athletic trainer to be on site for games.
"We are required to supply a certified athletic trainer by order of the Northeast College Hockey Association," said Davis. "Since we are not a varsity sport we are not able to use the trainers already on campus."
Davis said that this rule was new for the 2010/2011 season.
Another of the Line A items was for referees. The hockey club must pay for three referees per game. Two of these referees were paid $203 per game while the third made only $138 per game during the 2009/2010 season. The team must also pay League Management Services, LLC a one-time sum of $400 to cover the cost of referee assignment.
Other Line A items included ice time, travel, and league fees.
Editor's Note: Sam Monroe also serves as the Managing Editor for The Critic.
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