Friday, June 27, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
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usinesB manager stays busy
with job at athletic department
By Chuck Green
Senior Reporter
When the UNL Athletic Department
is concerned with money, it comes to
Gary Fouraker.
Fouraker, UNL athletic business
manager for five years, is constantly
busy with the financial responsibilities
of Cornhusker athletics. Fouraker's
office handles all. the business functions
of the athletic department, including
the payment of bills and personnel
payroll forms.
Fouraker is also in charge of conces
sions at all events at athletic facilities
on campus. For example, Fouraker is in
charge of concessions for sporting
events as well as concerts and other
social activities at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
Fouraker said the part of his job he
enjoys least is the long working days he
must put in, especially in the fall when
football season is in full-swing.
"It's pretty much a seven-day-a-week
job," Fouraker said. "I very seldomly
see any of the home football games
because I'm involved in the conces
sions." Though the long hours are annoying,
Fouraker said he enjoys the variety
involved in the job.
"There's always something different
happening and there's always different
people to meet," Fouraker said. "It's a
very changing job."
A native of Nebraska, Fouraker re
ceived a Bachelor of Science degree at
Nebraska in 1973 and completed his
Masters Degree in business in 1984.
One aspect of financial budgeting
Fouraker is not heavily involved in is
fund raisinu. Thouch he does some
work with fund raising and booster
clubs, Fouraker said his primary job
dealing with fund raising is approval of
spending.
"The way we're set up now," Fouraker
said, "they (the fund raisers and booster
organizations) come through us for
approval to spend funds, but other than
that, I'm not involved very much."
According to Fouraker, this approval
is necessary so the budget department
has some control over how organizations
spend their funds.
Fouraker said most of the athletic
funds come from football and basket
ball ticket revenue.
"Football and basketball are essen
tially what raises most of the money to
support the athletic department,"
Fouraker said.
Football television revenue also
raises a large portion of the athletic
budget, Fouraker said. Money from TV
games is split up among the schools in
the Big Eight Conference. For confer
ence games, Fouraker said, Nebraska
has a contract which allows for a
maximum payoff of $175,000 to other
Big Eight schools.
"Right now, the only teams that are
making those payments are Oklahoma
and Nebraska," Fouraker said. "Mis
souri has payed that much in some
games, but mostly it's been Oklahoma
and Nebraska."
Fouraker said the standard payment
for nonconference games is 40 to 50
percent of the gate revenue, depending
on which team Nebraska is playing that
week.
"If you get a name team like Florida
State, you're going to pay them half of
the gate," he said, "but if you get
someone like New Mexico, you can
probably pay them a little less."
Fouraker said Nebraska still has a
few contracts that are made on a set
dollar basis, but "that's very rare," he
said.
Football is the most expensive sport,
Fouraker said, costing around $4 mil
lion dollars annually. Most of the money
spent on the football program goes
toward scholarships, which include
tuition, fees, housing and books. Fou
raker said other major expenses in the
football budget include salaries for the
coaching staff, trainers and equipment
personnel. The purchasing of equip
ment also comes through the budget
office, Fouraker said.
Golf and tennis are the least expen
sive sports at Nebraska, primarily
because of the smaller team rosters
and less frequent traveling expenses.
Fouraker said there is usually not
much of an excess in funds, but when
money is left over, it's set aside for
maintenance and repair of existing
facilities.
"A couple of years ago, we had to
replace the artificial turf in Memorial
Stadium," he said, "and right now
we're looking at possibly having to
replace the track surfaces (outdoor
and indoor tracks)."
Fouraker guessed the cost of resur
facing would be $150,000 to $200,000.
Though the work sometimes gets
hectic and long, Fouraker said he has
no plans to leave the budget depart
ment to pursue other jobs.
"I like it here," Fouraker said. "I
enjoy Nebraska and the people who live
here."
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There have been many changes since the architect created this original UNL stadium
drawing. Athletic department business manager Gary Fouraker has been involved for 5 years in
budget matters for UNL sports that finance those changes. The 60-year-old drawing was
dredged from storage, framed, and now hangs in Fouraker's office.
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