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PEPPERDINE WINS EFFICIENCY CUP: VCU FINISHES 15th
11-22-05
Recently in a study performed at Virginia Commonwealth University, palpable evidence has been discovered that substantiates claims that budgeting is closely related to performance in the NACDA Directors’ Cup scoring structure. Graduate students at the VCU SportsCenter have created several formulas in an attempt to alleviate at least two existing biases: budgeting and sports sponsorship. The ability to analyze institutions in a points/sports-carried ratio, budget/sports-carried ratio and a cost/point ratio has shed light on inadequacies that exist in the NACDA scoring structure.
Pepperdine University, in the reformatted scoring structure, has dethroned 11 time winner Stanford University. In a cost/point ratio Pepperdine has shown the greatest efficiency of funds allocated in support of their athletic department spending $25,755 per NACDA point earned. Princeton University finished second at $32,867 and Harvard University finished third at $33,519. A list of the other Top-25 finishes is included.
Since the inception of the NACDA Directors’ Cup award in 1993, various institutions have considered the validity of the standings. Though the formula has undergone changes over the past 11 years, a new winner has never been established. It has been argued by many that the scoring structure established is flawed in that it ignores sports sponsorship and budgeting. The importance of athletic budget grand total expenses cannot be ignored in analyzing an institution's competitive level in the NACDA scoring system. It was noticed that the three schools with the highest point/sport-carried ratio also had the highest budget/sport-carried ratio in the country. They are University of Texas, the University of Florida and the University of Tennessee.
NACA has created an award to celebrate diversity in athletics, and overall, it is a program that has been successful and innovative. Using an efficiency model in conjunction with the current scoring structure can alleviate biases that exist due to budgeting. This would create an award that all schools could aspire towards winning.
By: Chris Atwater, Artis Gordon, Katie Knarr, Justin McClendon, LaTasha Murphy, Jose Rodriguez
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