This report is really ticking me off.... It has been obvious
for a while that Hockey has been supporting the athletic dept
in a major way.  It is popular, the team is good and the
arena is a great venue. Thus the extremely high ticket prices.

Having said this, I am tired of supporting the pathetic
football program with my ticket prices!  We are paying for
the new suites in the arena and the Athletic Dept deficit
that was created when they paid off Clem Haskins and the
ensuing legal fees.  Unless the football program starts
making some BIG money soon, I am afraid that I may not be
able to afford these prices much longer or need a second
job to afford them. I know personally of several people
who have dropped their tickets this year due to the
increasing prices. Also the season package includes
games that are poorly attended that should either be
dropped or taken off the season ticket, namely the
Mariucci Classic and the annual foreign team.

THese are just my thoughts, and I do intend to write to
the AD about them and also to PResident Yudof.... not that
I expect him to care about this at all.  THe athletic dept
needs to cut out some of the extremely large salaries of
the executives.  That would be a start.

Thanks for listening to my rant.
Now, let's play some hockey!!!

-Carol
GO Gophers!!!


Doug Peterson wrote:
>
> The following is the University of Minnesota's 2000-2001 athletic department revenue and
> expense numbers, published today in the Star & Tribune.  Given that the athletic department is
> self-funded (no University general funds), three sports pay for the remaining twenty.  With a
> chronically underperforming football program, from a revenue generating perspective, is it an
> wonder that the ticket prices for Gopher Hockey games are so high.
>
> I also found the contrast in the women's basketball numbers pretty stunning (ignore that it needed
> to qualified by saying "women's" and just compare the numbers to any other sport).  And can
> anybody explain why (women's) volleyball would cost more than (women's) hockey?  I can't
> imagine that they traveled that much more and certainly the equipment doesn't cost more.
>
> Doug Peterson
>
> Total       Total       Profit/
> expenses    revenues    loss
>
> Men's basketball
> $2,760,800  $9,059,500  $6,298,700
>
> Men's hockey
>  1,412,500   5,457,500   4,045,000
>
> Football
>  7,275,800  10,253,000   2,977,200
>
> Non-revenue producing sports
>
> There was a $9.8 million loss among the 20 non-revenue sports.
>
> Total       Total       Profit/
> expenses    revenues    loss
>
> Women's basketball
>  1,268,112      44,578  -1,223,534
>
> Women's volleyball
>    894,561     121,765    -772,796
>
> Men's track and field/cross country
>    785,567      24,009    -761,558
>
> Women's hockey
>    767,058      64,464    -702,594
>
> Men's baseball
>    767,891      82,951    -684,940
>
> Women's track and field/cross country
>    674,489      18,174    -656,315
>
> Men's swimming and diving
>    551,075      16,257    -534,818
>
> Women's rowing
>    523,820       1,650    -522,170
>
> Women's gymnastics
>    553,422      37,773    -515,649
>
> Women's softball
>    553,482      39,779    -513,973
>
> Women's soccer
>    513,657      34,987    -478,670
>
> Women's swimming and diving
>    506,389      29,687    -476,702
>
> Men's wrestling
>    550,979     112,668    -438,311
>
> Men's gymanstics
>    363,185       4,497    -358,688
>
> Women's tennis
>    350,845       3,247    -347,598
>
> Men's tennis
>    383,226      60,977    -322,249
>
> Men's golf
>    332,932      25,062    -307,870
>
> Women's golf
>    242,153       5,064    -237,089