I know that Cal is trying to get individual sports endowed. When does Cal actually consider a sport has become endowed? What expenses are included in that.
Here is why I ask.
$49M of Cal's 2024 operating expenses are under the category "Non Program Specific". That is a third of the operating expenses for the whole department. Some of those just don't make sense. For instance.
For "Sports Equipment, Uniforms, And Supplies" our operating expenses are:
Football $550K
Men's basketball: $68K
Women's basketball: $9.7K
All other men's sports: $360K
Non Program Specific: $2.67M
How are we spending way more on non program specific sports equipment than we are on all forms of program specific sports equipment?
For "Support Staff" (this is not coaches) our operating expenses are
Football: $3.1M
M Basketball: $594K
W Basketball: $810K
Other Men's Sports: $258K
Other Women's sports: $181K
Non-program specific: $27M
This is not a "we need to cut all dem bureaucrats" post. I'm assuming we need to spend all that $49M. But is a sport becoming endowed including whatever portion of Non-specific program expenses are attributable to them? Because obviously our programs are getting a lot of benefit from those line items and if the endowment isn't covering it, I fear we are not actually solving the problem. The non-program specific section of the operating expenses more than doubled in 9 years and I would expect it to keep going up.
Here is why I ask.
$49M of Cal's 2024 operating expenses are under the category "Non Program Specific". That is a third of the operating expenses for the whole department. Some of those just don't make sense. For instance.
For "Sports Equipment, Uniforms, And Supplies" our operating expenses are:
Football $550K
Men's basketball: $68K
Women's basketball: $9.7K
All other men's sports: $360K
Non Program Specific: $2.67M
How are we spending way more on non program specific sports equipment than we are on all forms of program specific sports equipment?
For "Support Staff" (this is not coaches) our operating expenses are
Football: $3.1M
M Basketball: $594K
W Basketball: $810K
Other Men's Sports: $258K
Other Women's sports: $181K
Non-program specific: $27M
This is not a "we need to cut all dem bureaucrats" post. I'm assuming we need to spend all that $49M. But is a sport becoming endowed including whatever portion of Non-specific program expenses are attributable to them? Because obviously our programs are getting a lot of benefit from those line items and if the endowment isn't covering it, I fear we are not actually solving the problem. The non-program specific section of the operating expenses more than doubled in 9 years and I would expect it to keep going up.