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Athletics budget to increase by $1.09 million for '89-90
by editor/publisher Oscar Combs
Despite the current woes of the Kentucky basketball program, the athletics budget of the UK Athletics Association will increase by more than a $1 million during the 1989-90 fiscal year, according to figures released at the association's annual budget meeting.
UK president Dr. David Roselle, who acts as chairman of the UKAA Board of Directors, said the new budget expects to have funds totalling $15,971,865 for the new year, surpassing the 1987-88 budget of $14,874,100.
While revenue is expected to be down in both football and basketball, the difference will be more than made up by $1.1 million from endowment income, a category which produced no revenue during the 1987-88 year.
The most pleasant news to the UKAA comes  in the form of an additional
$2,2018,144 in gifts and grants, much of which results from the controversial raising of required giving to the Blue & White Fund in order to purchase basketball and football tickets.
The current year is expected to produce $1.1 million while next year's yield should net $3.2 million.
Other categories which are expected to bring in less revenue are women's basketball, sports camps and less income from interest on reserves.
Sports camps' revenues are expected to be down because UK cancelled its boys' basketball camps this summer. But reports are that some of the money may be salvaged because new coach Rick Pitino may have a late summer camp after all.
Interest from reserves are down $75,000. That can be traced to a couple items; one is that some $4 million was taken out of reserves
for academics last year by Dr. Roselle. Then there has been the long and costly NCAA investigation which could wind up costing the UKAA well over a $1 million.
Women's basketball, despite having a budget of $495,150, was expected to produce only $13,000 in the new budget, down from the projected budget of $15,000 for the current year.
UK officials remain optimistic about the women's program, however, as evidenced by increasing the budget to $513,975 for 1988-89.
Although women's basketball is considered a step higher (in Category II) than baseball, golf and track, the latter three sports are expected to bring in more money, to the tune of $20,000 each in the new year, the same amount they were expected to realize this current year.
On the spending side, baseball will be allocated a budget of $319,800, while golf is
expected to have $224,350 (women and men combined) and track ($452,500 for men and women combined).
Swimming has no anticipated income while the sport has a budget of $209,000 and its sparkling new facility.
Tennis is another sport which has little anticipated income ($1,000). Tennis will operate under a budget of $333,230 in the new year.
Surcharges for season tickets in basketball and football, the added premi urn put in by Dr. Roselle's administration last year to assist academics at the university, are expected to bring in $390,000 this year.
Hit hardest by the budget is the expected loss of income from men's basketball as a result of an NCAA ban on live telecasts and not being able to play in either the SEC or NCAA tournaments next March.
Here is the 1989-90 recommended budget:
- UKAA recommended budget for 1989-90			
Sources	1988-89	1989-90	Change
Football	$6,903,600	$6,641,500	$262,100
Men's basketball	3,844,000	3,128,000	716,000
Women's basketball	15,000	13,000	2,000
Other sports	87,500	88,000	500
Sports camps	527,000	439,500	87,500
Endowment income	__________..... 0	1,143,250	1,143,250
Interest income	225,000	150,000	75,000
Gifts and grants	1,170,000	3,188,144	2,018,144
Student activity fees	450,000	450,000	0
Other income	152,000	310,500	158,500
Prior year balances	1,500,000	420,071	1,079,929
Total sources	$14,874,100	$15,971,965	$1,097,865
			
Uses of funds	1988-89	1989-90	Change
Football	$5,275,550	$5,631,750	$356,200
Men's basketball	2,112,500	2,384,100	271,600
Women's basketball	495,150	513,975	18,825
Other sports	2,260,785	2,354,110	93,325
Capital improvements			
& equipment	1,270,000	1,866,000	596,000
Academic program support 1,500,000		1,500,000	0
Administrative & general	1,960,115	1,722,030	238,085
Total uses of funds	$14,874,100	$15,971,965	$1,097,865
Source: University of Kentucky Athletics Association		The Cats' Pause chart	
Revenues: Category I
Football
Home ticket sales Away game guarantees Blue/White spring game Concessions
1988-89
S4.270.000 820.000 10,000 150,000
TV_& bowl game rebates J30O000 Sponsorship rights _ 6,600
Rc^ramjsales^ _30-00_ Local broadcast & TV rights 308,000 Parking _J50.p_0_ Handling fees 30.000 Insurance reimbursements 30,000 Season ticket surcharge 298,000 Ms^ellaneous _ Jj000_
$6,903,600
Total football
1989-90
3000000
575.000
____2^500
150.000 900000
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30.000 458.000 J5O000 30.000 50.000 _ 275,000 WOO $6,641,500
Basketball 1988-89
Home^cket_sales__JS1Ji0j),000_
Awayj^am^g^arantees 300,000_ Preseason games 50,000
UKIT____ J45,000_
Program_sales__ __2_'_9