Spokesman Athletics budget article

[Loyal Coug]

Link below, as well as a link to the WSU Regents agenda that has the actual numbers.

This Shawn Vestal has become sort of a WSU-hater as of late, with his foray into Athletics a followup to his previous attack (3rd link) on WSU's admin spending. His Admin spending article was not completely off at all, but his stats were way overblown - much of WSU's increase in admin positions was offset by a decline in classified positions.

Anyway, no huge surprises in the numbers. We are going to lose 2-3 million more in FY 19 than we projected.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jun/07/shawn-vestal-wsus-growing-athletics-debt-will-top-/

https://regents.wsu.edu/meeting-dat... 6-7, 2019 for Posting.pdf?0.8962358998953877

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/mar/10/shawn-vestal-61-percent-growth-in-wsu-students-ove/

 

[SaveFerris]

Link below, as well as a link to the WSU Regents agenda that has the actual numbers.

This Shawn Vestal has become sort of a WSU-hater as of late, with his foray into Athletics a followup to his previous attack (3rd link) on WSU's admin spending. His Admin spending article was not completely off at all, but his stats were way overblown - much of WSU's increase in admin positions was offset by a decline in classified positions.

Anyway, no huge surprises in the numbers. We are going to lose 2-3 million more in FY 19 than we projected.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jun/07/shawn-vestal-wsus-growing-athletics-debt-will-top-/

https://regents.wsu.edu/meeting-dates/June 2019 Retreat/Board of Regents Retreat - June 6-7, 2019 for Posting.pdf?0.8962358998953877

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/mar/10/shawn-vestal-61-percent-growth-in-wsu-students-ove/

I would assume the "$2-3M more" is directly related to Kent and Lees being let go or are those numbers factored into the article? That's right around $1.6M that wouldn't have been "expected" although internally they probably had anticipated eating Kent's contract over the next 3 years.

 

[ttowncoug]

WSU's income statement shows $11M in athletic aid. I'm curious how much of that is lodging vs. tuition. Tuition doesn't cost WSU anything and should be a part of the contribution WSU provides. With this in mind, the deficit is just a paper (bs) number.

 

[ElComanche]

Right

 

[dgibbons]

I’m surprised Vestal was able to pry himself away from writing about the homeless.

Several lies and a few nonsensical points in this article.