Baseball Club Budget

$100 * 20 players * 2 semesters. Covers uniform costs,

Cover 90% of uniform costs

Expected donations from alumni

Cover cost of renting practice field

Fundraising from the Hall of Fame dinner, which honors past players. Held during Carnival.

Cover cost of hotel lodging in Flordia

We are trying to put together an instructional baseball clinic for children in the Pittsburgh area. Players would work at the camp to earn money for the team.

Cover cost of hotel lodging in Flordia

This is for players working football games for funding. Note that this is not guaranteed, and is only as needed.

Cover cost of hotel lodging in Flordia

Head Coach Claudio Reilsono is a very experienced, smart, capable, and genuine head coach, whom all the players love to play for. He teaches the players how to play the game the right way, and helps all become better players and people.

Will be paid by Athletics

Assistant coach Rege Kiliany knows almost everything there is to know about baseball, and has decades of experience as a coach. All the players love to play for him as well. He was not payed this past season because of budget cuts, but he was in years past. He continued to take time out of his very busy schedule to coach part-time, despite not being payed, out of good faith. It would be criminal to once again not pay him next season.

Will be paid by athletics

NCBA umpire fees. $200 per umpire * 20 games * 2 umpires per game. The rate has increased each of the past 3 years. This is a forecasted expenditure. The current rate is $180 per game.

You did not pay out more than 1800 in FY12 for umpires. Will assume 10 games at $180

NCBA (National Club Baseball Association) membership cost. The NCBA schedules our conference games and runs the spring training that we attend in Florida.

Based on actual cost; appeal granted based on new information

This is the cost of renting the practice field in Highland Park (Kelly Field). There is no on-campus baseball field that we can use.

Covered 100% from revenue

This is the cost of renting the field for games, again we have no on-campus baseball field. 20 games * $225 per game.

Appeal granted based on 14 home games for next year

Unforeseen costs, such as the new net in Skibo Gym this season. Contingency.

Don't do contingency

Practice baseballs. We need 6 dozen for the entire season (Spring and Fall). The total cost is $250 ($125 for a bucket of 3 dozen). Need to be replaced yearly.

This is for 2 new baseball bats for the entire team to use. Wear and tear expense.

Bought you all new baseball bats last year; appeal granted after learning about wear and tear on bats

Scorecards and scorebooks for the entire season (Fall and Spring).

Based on actual cost

$200 each for uniforms (pants, jersey, hat) * (20 players + 2 coaches) * .25 (student activities pays for 25% of uniform cost every 3 years. it has been at least 4 years, since nobody on the team knew we could ever get new uniforms).

90% covered by team dues

This is the cost of lodging for 20 players plus 1 coach in Florida for 3 nights. Note, we can only stay in 5 specific NCBA-approved hotels. The average cost of which would be about $650 per night for either 3 eight-person rooms, or 10 two-person rooms, plus one for the coach.

Assume 70 per room * 5 rooms *3 nights; appeal granted based on 100 per room

This is the cost of registration for the spring training tournament in Florida.

Based on actual cost

$100 * 2 minivans * 4 days in Florida. Note, we make players pay their own way down to Florida, so players cover their own transportation down, but too few players would be able to go if we had to cover the cost of rental cars as well.

The JFC will fund hotels 80%, capped at $150 per room per night per four people, 50% of transportation, and up to $500 per person traveling for the year.