Texas Tech Women’s Texas Tech Women’s TennisTennis

Budget ProposalBudget ProposalNovember 30, 2005November 30, 2005

Andrea GilmoreAndrea GilmoreEmily SaulsEmily SaulsMark SuttonMark SuttonKatja KovacicKatja Kovacic

Contents Contents

Summary Summary IntroductionIntroduction Proposed programsProposed programs BudgetBudget SurveySurvey Qualifications and experienceQualifications and experience Appendices Appendices Sources Sources

Why are we proposing this?Why are we proposing this?

Texas Tech has a good enough team Texas Tech has a good enough team to get high rankings, but cannot to get high rankings, but cannot carry out their program with a limited carry out their program with a limited budget budget

Since athletics are a big part of Since athletics are a big part of college experience, having a highly college experience, having a highly ranked team would help the ranked team would help the university’s reputation and university’s reputation and recruitment recruitment

SummarySummary

Texas Tech Tennis budget limitationsTexas Tech Tennis budget limitations Present possible solutions for the Present possible solutions for the

problemproblem The proposal has two tasks:The proposal has two tasks:

Propose a $10,000 increase to TTU budget Propose a $10,000 increase to TTU budget committee committee

Target student body and increase awareness of Target student body and increase awareness of the team and their events among the community the team and their events among the community

Introduction Introduction

The problem: limited budgetThe problem: limited budget The solution: acquiring more funds to The solution: acquiring more funds to

allow the team to perform to its allow the team to perform to its highest potential highest potential

Proposed ProgramsProposed Programs

Rectify the lack of funding for the Rectify the lack of funding for the Texas Tech Women’s tennis team Texas Tech Women’s tennis team

seek 10,000 $ from the budgeting seek 10,000 $ from the budgeting committeecommittee

get students more involved in matches, get students more involved in matches, increase attendance and awarenessincrease attendance and awareness

revamp charity doubles events, sale of revamp charity doubles events, sale of season programs and coupon books season programs and coupon books

Where can the Budgeting Where can the Budgeting Committee Get Funds From?Committee Get Funds From?

Money can be skimmed from Money can be skimmed from programs that are not performing programs that are not performing (women’s soccer won only 5% of (women’s soccer won only 5% of their games last season)their games last season)

Money can be awarded for Money can be awarded for performance, not precedentperformance, not precedent

Require a defense of each athletic Require a defense of each athletic program’s current budget to allow for program’s current budget to allow for funds needed in other programsfunds needed in other programs

Fundraiser RevampFundraiser Revamp

Charity doubles tournaments focused Charity doubles tournaments focused on developing a rapport with players on developing a rapport with players so individuals are no longer facelessso individuals are no longer faceless

Sale of programs / schedules / Sale of programs / schedules / couponscoupons

student / athletes do as much as they can student / athletes do as much as they can alreadyalready

success is reliant on philanthropic, money success is reliant on philanthropic, money savvy studentssavvy students

What Option is Left?What Option is Left?

The team finally finds itself having The team finally finds itself having exhausted all the possible means of exhausted all the possible means of gaining the required 10,000 $ budget gaining the required 10,000 $ budget increase and must seek the funds from increase and must seek the funds from the Texas Tech Athletic Budgeting the Texas Tech Athletic Budgeting Committee and its Chair, Robert Committee and its Chair, Robert Gleason to rectify the travel, Gleason to rectify the travel, recruitment, fundraising, promotions, recruitment, fundraising, promotions, and facility maintenance deficienciesand facility maintenance deficiencies

Budget OverviewBudget Overview

Texas Tech Income Budget 2005

38%

0%

9%

21%

18%

4%3%

3%0%4%

Intercollegiate Athletics

University Bookstore

Student Union

Residence Halls

Hospitals Services

Traffic & Parking

Golf Course

Sales and Service

Investment Revenues

Various

Budget ExplanationsBudget Explanations

Athletic BudgetAthletic Budget $40,378,071 $40,378,071

Dispersion of FundsDispersion of Funds Tennis BudgetTennis Budget

$313, 940$313, 940

Tennis BudgetTennis Budget

Tennis Budget Breakdown

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

General Money Usage

Alotted 183000 24000 3600 2500 10000

Used 183000 43000 7600 5400 11580

% Utilized 100 179.166 211.11 216 115.8

Scholarships Travel Equipment Recruiting Miscellaneous

Analyzing the BudgetAnalyzing the Budget

Tennis DistributionTennis Distribution Cost of SurvivalCost of Survival

Travel Travel EquipmentEquipment ScholarshipsScholarships RecruitmentRecruitment

Survey ContentSurvey Content

Campus wide sports involvement Campus wide sports involvement Student awareness Student awareness

FacilitiesFacilitiesTime and dates of matchesTime and dates of matchesAdvertisements Advertisements

Reasons for support/lack of Reasons for support/lack of supportsupport

Survey FindingsSurvey Findings 94% of students participate in 94% of students participate in

college sports college sports 79% specifically focus on football 79% specifically focus on football

and/or basketballand/or basketball

Awareness of team and location Awareness of team and location Fundraiser involvementFundraiser involvement Awareness of game rulesAwareness of game rules

Qualifications and ExperienceQualifications and Experience

Andrea GilmoreAndrea Gilmore Emily Sauls Emily Sauls Mark SuttonMark Sutton Katja KovacicKatja Kovacic

AppendicesAppendices

SourcesSources Cari Groce. Texas Tech Women’s Head CoachCari Groce. Texas Tech Women’s Head Coach Hotels.com. 2002-2005. 11/15/05. Hotels.com. 2002-2005. 11/15/05.

www.hotels.comwww.hotels.com. . Katja Kovacic. Current Texas Tech Women’s Katja Kovacic. Current Texas Tech Women’s

Tennis team member. Tennis team member. Orbitz. 2001-2005. 11/15/05. Orbitz. 2001-2005. 11/15/05.

www.orbitz.comwww.orbitz.com. . Texas Tech Budget Office. Texas Tech Texas Tech Budget Office. Texas Tech

University. 11/01/05. University. 11/01/05. http://http://www.depts.ttu.edu/budgetofficewww.depts.ttu.edu/budgetoffice//..