Landlord Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/audit-finds-mismanagement-in-washington-state-athletics-while-moos-was/article_4f32b953-dd8a-5113-8fe3-264572c9c81f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share SPOKANE, Wash. — An internal audit has found extensive mismanagement within the budget-challenged Washington State athletic department, including the possible inflation of home football attendance figures and the improper distribution of free tickets to football games. "The environment within Athletics ... did not support a culture of compliance or fiscal responsibility," according to the audit, which was completed in mid-April. The document comes as leaders of the school grapple with a $67 million athletic budget deficit built up over recent years. 3 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 There were some reports that Moos had been butting heads with the higher-ups at Washington State before he left. Guess now we know why... Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 The auditors were kinda dumb here: Quote The audit also found that the department was inflating home football game attendance figures. For the 2016 Arizona game, the program reported a near sellout, when only about 26,000 tickets were scanned for entry, the audit said. Later that season, athletics officials said the annual Apple Cup game against archrival Washington was a sellout, when scanned attendance was only around 27,000. The audit said accurate attendance numbers were important for budgetary and facility planning purposes. Management responded that not all ticket buyers showed up for games, and that it had trouble with faulty scanners and errors by temporary staff manning the gates in the past. "We released attendance as to sold tickets," Moos said Thursday. 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Quick...who can act the most outraged? Spoiler Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I heard Bill Moos once killed a man with a trident. 9 Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 All I can say is... #WeGotFrost 3 Quote Link to comment
RedSavage Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 You know, because schools never inflate their attendance numbers and never use unused tickets to entice donors 4 Quote Link to comment
funhusker Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Hey at least we got another reason to question if the sellout streak is legit or not! 1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, funhusker said: Hey at least we got another reason to question if the sellout streak is legit or not! On the bright side, it looks like the sellout steak is in good hands! #GlassHalfFull 9 Quote Link to comment
funhusker Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 15 minutes ago, NUance said: On the bright side, it looks like the sellout steak is in good hands! #GlassHalfFull IDK..There were a TON of empty seats at the Spring Game.... Nowhere even close to 86,000. 85,500 tops!!!! Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Quote The audit also found that the department was inflating home football game attendance figures. For the 2016 Arizona game, the program reported a near sellout, when only about 26,000 tickets were scanned for entry, the audit said. Later that season, athletics officials said the annual Apple Cup game against archrival Washington was a sellout, when scanned attendance was only around 27,000. The audit said accurate attendance numbers were important for budgetary and facility planning purposes. Management responded that not all ticket buyers showed up for games, and that it had trouble with faulty scanners and errors by temporary staff manning the gates in the past. "We released attendance as to sold tickets," Moos said Thursday. Not sure I understand why this is a budget-related problem. Your budget doesn't directly correlate to butts in seats, it correlates to cash earned from tickets sold. You get that cash whether people show up to the game or not. If you have a budget problem, you want to focus on tickets sold, not on actual attendance. This is kind of a curious gripe. 9 Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I think perhaps the budget problem isn't the tickets sold vs attendance aspect. Seems Moos was being a bit liberal with free and discounted tickets and can't tell anyone who actually received these benefits. 3 Quote Link to comment
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