Question

Look at the information for men’s basketball, and women’s basketball. What do you think are the main differences between “operating expenses” and “expenses”?

Revenues and Expenses

Athletically Related Student Aid

	Men's Teams	Women's Teams	Total
Total	$1,713,258	$2,139,826	$3,853,084
Ratio (percent)	44	56	100%

Recruiting Expenses

	Men's Teams	Women's Teams	Total
Total	$111,519	$68,734	$180,253

Operating (Game-Day) Expenses by Team

Varsity Teams	Men's Teams			Women's Teams			TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
	Participants	Operating Expenses per Participant	By Team	Participants	Operating Expenses per Participant	By Team
Basketball	23	$20,540	$472,426	18	$16,291	$293,236	$765,662
All Track Combined	76	$1,898	$144,236	70	$1,928	$134,943	$279,179
Golf	11	$8,787	$96,653	8	$9,195	$73,561	$170,214
Soccer	26	$3,469	$90,190	26	$4,319	$112,289	$202,479
Softball	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	$11,074	$199,340	$199,340
Tennis	10	$4,098	$40,978	8	$4,349	$34,793	$75,771
Volleyball				16	$9,674	$154,790	$154,790
Total Operating Expenses Men's and Women's Teams	146	N/A	$844,483	164	N/A	$1,002,952	$1,847,435

Total Expenses by Team

Varsity Teams	Men's Teams	Women's Teams	Total
Basketball	$2,246,404	$1,296,062	$3,542,466
Total Expenses of all Sports, Except Football and Basketball, Combined	$2,182,961	$3,342,263	$5,525,224
Total Expenses Men's and Women's Teams	$4,429,365	$4,638,325	$9,067,690
Not Allocated by Gender/Sport	N/A	N/A	$3,911,128
Grand Total Expenses	N/A	N/A	$12,978,818

Total Revenues by Team

Varsity Teams	Men's Teams	Women's Teams	Total
Basketball	$3,902,606	$1,366,828	$5,269,434
Total Revenues of all Sports, Except Football and Basketball, Combined	$2,491,924	$3,382,503	$5,874,427
Total Revenues Men's and Women's Teams	$6,394,530	$4,749,331	$11,143,861
Not Allocated by Gender/Sport	N/A	N/A	$15,681,997
Grand Total for all Teams (includes by team and not allocated by gender/sport)	N/A	N/A	$26,825,858

Revenues & Expenses Summary

Revenues and Expenses Summary		Men's Teams	Women's Teams	Total
1	Total of Head Coaches' Salaries	$754,155	$651,091	$1,405,246
2	Total of Assistant Coaches' Salaries	$566,136	$539,176	$1,105,312
3	Total Salaries (Lines 1+2)	$1,320,291	$1,190,267	$2,510,558
4	Athletically Related Student Aid	$1,713,258	$2,139,826	$3,853,084
5	Recruiting Expenses	$111,519	$68,734	$180,253
6	Operating (Game-Day) Expenses	$844,483	$1,002,952	$1,847,435
7	Summary of Subset Expenses (Lines 3+4+5+6)	$3,989,551	$4,401,779	$8,391,330
8	Total Expenses for Teams	$4,429,365	$4,638,325	$9,067,690
9	Total Expenses for Teams Minus Subset Expenses (Line 8 – Line 7)	$439,814	$236,546	$676,360
10	Not Allocated Expenses			$3,911,128
11	Grand Total Expenses (Lines 8+10)			$12,978,818
12	Total Revenues for Teams	$6,394,530	$4,749,331	$11,143,861
13	Not Allocated Revenues			$15,681,997
14	Grand Total Revenues (Lines 12+13)			$26,825,858
15	Total Revenues for Teams minus Total Expenses for Teams (Line 12-Line 8)	$1,965,165	$111,006	$2,076,171
16	Grand Total Revenues Minus Grand Total Expenses (Line 14- Line 11)			$13,847,040

Answer 1

Main difference between operating expenses and expenses:

Operating expenses are mainly ‘game day expenses’. The game day expenses are operating expenses that are necessary for a game or a competition and will include amount of expenses incurred towards payments made to game officials, security staff, event staff and other such related expenses. The games/competitions will include all home contests as well as away contests. Costs for lodging, meals, transportation and uniforms will also be a part of operating expenses here.

On the other hand ‘expenses’ is a broader category than operating expenses and operating expenses is a part of ‘expenses’. Thus expenses will include operating expenses (game day expenses) and other expenses like appearance guarantees, athletically related student aid, contract services, promotional activities, etc.