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Gene Smith (Former AD, ‘10 AD of the Year, '13 NAAC Organizational Leadership Award)

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Taosman said:
What is the goal of a state school? Shouldn't it serve as many kids as possible? Profit should be second but good management should seek a "balance" between serving the kids and money making. That's showing responsibility to the people of the state.
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And a good way to do that, and to have good PR, is to run a small surplus and kick a few bucks back to the University generally. Could even use it to fund additional physical fitness/wellness opportunities for the general student body.
 
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Taosman said:
What is the goal of a state school? Shouldn't it serve as many kids as possible? Profit should be second but good management should seek a "balance" between serving the kids and money making. That's showing responsibility to the people of the state.
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Jagdaddy said:
And a good way to do that, and to have good PR, is to run a small surplus and kick a few bucks back to the University generally. Could even use it to fund additional physical fitness/wellness opportunities for the general student body.
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It should also be noted here, for anyone who didn't see it in the original linked article, that the OSU Athletic Dept gave $3.1M to the university in fiscal 2019.
 
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BayBuck said:
It should also be noted here, for anyone who didn't see it in the original linked article, that the OSU Athletic Dept gave $3.1M to the university in fiscal 2019.
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Yes, I knew they'd done that in the past, and I think it's a good PR practice, even if it's not usually a lot of money. I'm fine with a largely break even AD, even with our huge revenue, and giving all of our athletes pretty much the best of everything, but I doubt that there isn't a little fat that could be cut. I don't for example, see a lot of buffer for Day's huge raise and extension after OSU wins the 2020-21 natty ...
 
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Jagdaddy said:
Yes, I knew they'd done that in the past, and I think it's a good PR practice, even if it's not usually a lot of money. I'm fine with a largely break even AD, even with our huge revenue, and giving all of our athletes pretty much the best of everything, but I doubt that there isn't a little fat that could be cut. I don't for example, see a lot of buffer for Day's huge raise and extension after OSU wins the 2020-21 natty ...
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Just looking at that article, there are a few line-items that stand out.

I didn't realize just how bad attendance was in 2018 (since that was the season included in the 2019 fiscal year), with multiple non-sellouts and the lowest single-game attendance (Rutgers) of this millennium: that alone was an $8.8M drop in ticket revenue! But it looks like attendance came back up about 2000/game for 2019, with a CFP trip to Glendale instead of the freakin Catalina Wine Mixer, so gameday revenues should certainly be improved. Then there's $1.5M to Dildovois & Plimpton which is hopefully a one-time thing, and two new sports facilities. And the previous year's severance number included a $4.3M payment for Matta in Dec.17, so that's off the books too.

So all told, I don't see covering that $600K deficit (not that big scary $10M) as too big of a task going forward, and Day's upcoming multiple-championship run will surely help cover some rising costs.
 
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Just sayin': It's just an OK interview; however, I couldn't help noticing how old he looks. I "ggogled' a site and found a photo history of his career/life (i.e. sort of a "photo bio") that was kind of interesting:

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Check it out...
Photos: The Career of Gene Smith

https://www.buckeyextra.com/photogallery/oh/20190415/sports/415009998/PH/1
 
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