I don't understand this part of that article ""Football runs in the red," Hammeke said. "If you take all the expenses into account, you're not making money. I don't know if we're making any money if you take the facilities and the lights and all that.""

I have been to the last 4 Championships at Hays for football. Yes, I know off topic.

COSTS:
They do give up their facilities for a Saturday, but usually their team is done with their season by this point. The only lights they use are the lights under the stands, with a 1 o'clock game there is no need for the "expensive" lights to be on, very few FHSU employees working, and they have volunteer community lesions to deal with qualifying teams.

PROFIT:
Add the concession revenue to the other revenue shares they are guaranteed.

Taking all this into account as well as cleanup crews for the stadium which are usually student workers or work-study scholarship students. (same for wrestling as well as how they clean after home events) how are they losing money.

I have been to volleyball and men's/women's basketball games at FHSU. They don't really pack them in for these, definitely not like I have seen at state wrestling, basketball, and football.

He should show viable proof that they are losing money, heck ask the community who is profiting the most from the event to help offset the costs or become sponsors to help ease the costs and losses, if they are really loosing their butts on it like they claim.

I understand the remarks about splitting up 1A. They have now split 1A and 4A, wouldn't this lead any realistic group to look at re-classification. weather that would be evening out the numbers or finding a better way to classify schools. Or heck go back to the way it was and leave them all together for everything instead of having split divisions for different sports.

Just thoughts and rambling.

John Niehues