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Michigan State FRS
FROM: Rebecca Nelson, Director and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer
Michigan State University FOIA Office
This is written in response to the February 23, 2020, email you sent to Michigan State University
Intercollegiate Athletics employee Amy Moeder, requesting “the 2018 and 2019 Michigan State
University’s NCAA financial report.”
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Attachment
MSUF014720
Reporting Institution: Michigan State University Reporting Year (FY): 2019
School Info
We agree to release the institution's data to the conference: Yes
Institutional Contacts:
Sports Sponsorship:
Revenue/Expense Summary
ID Item Amount Definition
Revenues
1 Ticket Sales $28,019,480 Input revenue received for sales of admissions to athletic events.
This may include:
Do not report:
9 In-Kind $190,000 Input market value of in-kind contributions in the reporting year
including:
• Car stipend.
• Country club membership.
• Allowances for clothing, housing, entertainment.
• Speaking fees.
• Camps compensation.
• Media income.
• Shoe and apparel income.
Consult with your conference offices if you do not have the media
rights distribution amount available.
12 NCAA Distributions $5,639,787 Input revenues received from all NCAA distributions including
NCAA championships reimbursements and payments received
from the NCAA for hosting a championship.
If the figure is greater than 10% of total revenues, please report the
top three activities included in this category in the comments
section.
• Expense reimbursements.
• Ticket sales.
• Car stipend.
• Country club membership.
• Allowances for clothing, housing, entertainment.
• Speaking fees.
• Camps compensation.
• Media income.
• Shoe and apparel income.
36 Indirect Institutional $836,110 Input overhead and administrative expenses NOT paid by or
Support charged directly to athletics including:
If the figure is greater than 10% of total expenses, please report the
top three activities included in this category in the comments
section.
41 Bowl Expenses $3,077,516 Input all expenditures related to participation in a post-season bowl
game, including:
Revenue/Expense Details
1 Ticket $28,019,480 Input revenue received for sales of admissions to athletic events. This may include:
Sales
• Public and faculty sales.
• Student sales
• Shipping and Handling fees.
Please report amounts paid in excess of ticket's face value to obtain preferential
seating or priority in Category 8 (Contributions).
2 Direct State or Other $0 Input state, municipal, federal and other appropriations made in support of
Government Support athletics.
This amount includes funding specifically earmarked for the athletics department
by government agencies for which the institution cannot reallocate.
Any state or other government support appropriated to the university, for which
the university determines the dollar allocation to the athletics department shall be
reported in Direct Institutional Support (Category 4).
3 Student Fees $0 Input student fees assessed and restricted for support of intercollegiate athletics.
4 Direct $524,580 Input direct funds provided by the institution to athletics for the operations of
Institutional intercollegiate athletics including:
Support
• Unrestricted funds allocated to the athletics department by the university (e.g.
state funds, tuition, tuition discounts/waivers, transfers)
• Federal work study support for student workers employed by athletics.
• Endowment unrestricted income, spending policy distributions and other
investment income distributed to athletics in the reporting year to support
athletic operations. Athletics restricted endowment income for athletics should
be reported in Category 17.
5 Less - -$475,000 If the institution allocated funds to athletics as represented in Categories 3-4 and the
Transfers to athletics department provided a transfer of funds back to the institution in the
Institution reporting year, report the transfer amount as a negative in this category. The transfer
amount may not exceed the total of Categories 3-4. Transfers back to the institution
in excess of Categories 3-4 should be reported in Category 50 - excess transfers to
institution.
6 Indirect $836,110 Input value of costs covered and services provided by the institution to athletics
Institutional but not charged to athletics including:
Support
• Administrative services provided by the university to athletics but not
charged such as HR, Accounting and IT.
• Facilities maintenance.
• Security.
• Risk Management.
• Utilities.
Note: This category should equal Category 36. If the institution is paying for
debt service, leases, or rental fees for athletic facilities, but not charging to
athletics, include those amounts in Category 6A.
6A Indirect Institutional $0 Input debt service payments (principal and interest, including internal loan
Support - Athletic Facilities programs), leases and rental fees for athletics facilities for the reporting
Debt Service, Lease and year provided by the institution to athletics but not charged to athletics.
Rental Fees
Do not report depreciation.
Note: If the institution is paying for all athletic facilities debt service, lease
and rental fees and not charging to athletics, this category will equal
Category 34. If athletics or other entities are also paying these expenses or
the institution is charging directly to athletics, this category will not equal
Category 34.
8 Contributions $23,389,285 Input contributions provided and used by athletics in the reporting year
including:
Do not report:
9 In-Kind $190,000 Input market value of in-kind contributions in the reporting year including:
All in-kind contributions that are made as a result of a licensing or sponsorship agreement
should be reported in Category 15.
10 Compensation and Benefits $535,000 Input all benefits provided by a third party and contractually
provided by a third party guaranteed by the institution, but not included on the institution's
W-2. These may include:
• Car stipend.
• Country club membership.
• Allowances for clothing, housing, entertainment.
• Speaking fees.
• Camps compensation.
• Media income.
• Shoe and apparel income.
11 Media $43,641,940 Input all revenue received for radio, television, internet, digital and e-commerce
Rights rights, including the portion of conference distributions related to media rights - if
applicable.
Consult with your conference offices if you do not have the media rights distribution
amount available.
12 NCAA $5,639,787 Input revenues received from all NCAA distributions including NCAA
Distributio championships reimbursements and payments received from the NCAA for hosting
ns a championship.
16 Sports Camp $2,123,674 Input amounts received by the athletics department for sports camps and
Revenues clinics.
17 Athletics Restricted $2,706,817 Please report spending policy distributions from athletics restricted
Endowment and endowments and investment income used for athletics operations in the
Investments Income reporting year.
Note: Please make sure amounts reported are only up to the amount of
expenses covered by the endowment for the reporting year.
18 Other Operating $2,568,702 Input any operating revenues received by athletics in the report year which
Revenue cannot be classified into one of the stated categories.
If the figure is greater than 10% of total revenues, please report the top three
activities included in this category in the comments section.
19 Bowl $2,511,124 Input all amounts received related to participation in a post-season bowl game,
Revenues including:
• Expense reimbursements.
• Ticket sales.
20 Athletic Total Dollar $16,907,149 Input the total amount of athletic student-aid for the reporting year
Student Amount including:
Aid • Summer school.
• Tuition discounts and waivers (unless it is a discount or waiver
available to the general student body).
• Aid given to student-athletes who are inactive (medical reasons)
or no longer eligible (exhausted eligibility).
• Other expenses related to attendance.
21 Guarantees $3,920,447 Input amounts paid to visiting participating institutions, including per diems and/or
travel and meal expenses.
22 Coaching Salaries, Benefits $23,793,041 Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to all coaches
and Bonuses paid by the reportable on the university or related entities W-2 and 1099
University and Related Entities forms inclusive of:
• Car stipend.
• Country club membership.
• Allowances for clothing, housing, entertainment.
• Speaking fees.
• Camps compensation.
• Media income.
• Shoe and apparel income.
24 Support Staff/ $20,343,193 Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to all administrative
Administrative and support staff reportable on the university or related entities (e.g.
Compensation, Benefits foundations or booster clubs) W-2 and 1099 forms inclusive of:
and Bonuses paid by the
University and Related • Gross wages and bonuses.
Entities • Benefits including allowances, speaking fees, retirement,
stipends, memberships, media income, tuition reimbursement
and earned deferred compensation, including those funded by the
state.
26 Severance $291,179 Input severance payments and applicable benefits recognized for past coaching
Payments and administrative personnel.
27 Recruiting $1,779,251 Input transportation, lodging and meals for prospective student-athletes and
institutional personnel on official and unofficial visits, telephone call charges,
postage and such. Include value of use of institution's own vehicles or airplanes as
well as in-kind value of loaned or contributed transportation.
28 Team $9,934,425 Input air and ground travel, lodging, meals and incidentals (including housing costs
Trave incurred during school break period) for competition related to preseason, regular season
l and non-bowl postseason. Amounts incurred for food and lodging for housing the team
before a home game also should be included. Use of the institution's own vehicles or
airplanes as well as in-kind value of donor-provided transportation.
29 Sports Equipment, $3,967,143 Input items that are provided to the teams only. Equipment amounts are
Uniforms and Supplies those expended from current or operating funds. Include value of in-
kind equipment provided.
30 Game $5,558,796 Input game-day expenses other than travel which are necessary for intercollegiate
Expense athletics competition, including officials, security, event staff, ambulance, etc. Input
s any payments back to the NCAA for hosting a tournament.
31 Fund Raising, Marketing $3,229,804 Input costs associated with fund raising, marketing and promotion for
and Promotion media guides, brochures, recruiting publications and such.
32 Sports $1,257,629 Input all expenses paid by the athletics department, including non-athletics
Camp personnel salaries and benefits, from hosting sports camps and clinics. Athletics
Expenses personnel salaries and benefits should be reported in Categories 22-25.
33 Spirit $369,786 Include support for spirit groups including bands, cheerleaders, mascots, dancers,
Groups etc.
34 Athletic Facilities $18,593,464 Input debt service payments (principal and interest, including internal
Debt Service, loan programs), leases and rental fees for athletics facilities for the
Leases and Rental reporting year regardless of entity paying (athletics, institution or other).
Fee
Do not report depreciation.
Note: If the institution is paying for all debt service, leases, or rental fees
for athletic facilities but not charging to athletics, this category should
equal Category 6A. If athletics or other entities are paying these
expenses or the institution is charging directly to athletics, this category
will not equal Category 6A.
35 Direct Overhead and $10,321,194 Input overhead and administrative expenses paid by or
Administrative Expenses charged directly to athletics including:
36 Indirect Institutional $836,110 Input overhead and administrative expenses NOT paid by or charged
Support directly to athletics including:
37 Medical Expenses and $1,848,476 Input medical expenses and medical insurance premiums for
Insurance student-athletes.
38 Memberships and Dues $132,277 Input memberships, conference and association dues.
39 Student-Athlete Meals (non- $1,743,923 Include meal allowance and food/snacks provided to student-
travel) athletes.
40 Other Operating $6,762,809 Input any operating expenses paid by athletics in the report year which
Expenses cannot be classified into one of the stated categories, including:
If the figure is greater than 10% of total expenses, please report the top three
activities included in this category in the comments section.
41 Bowl $3,077,516 Input all expenditures related to participation in a post-season bowl game, including:
Expenses
• Team travel, lodging and meal expenses.
• Bonuses related to bowl participation.
• Spirit groups.
• Uniforms.
41A Bowl Expenses - Coaching $453,128 Input all coaching bonuses related to participation in a post-
Compensation/Bonuses season bowl game.
Athletics Participation
Table 900 Table 1 - - - Athletics Participation. A participant is a student-athlete who, as of the day of a varsity
1 team's first scheduled contest in the traditional season: (a) is listed as a team member; (b) practices
with the varsity team and receives coaching from one or more varsity coaches; or (c) receives
athletically-related student aid.
Any student who satisfies one or more of the criteria above is a participant, including a student on a
team the institution designates or defines as junior varsity, freshman, or novice, or a student who
does not play in a scheduled contest, whether for medical reasons or to preserve eligibility (i.e., a
redshirt).
Student-athletes who participate in more than one sport should be counted in each sport. The Coed
Teams column is marked based on the content of the sports sponsored table (Mixed Sports) in the
School Info page. Male practice players are NOT to be included as participants in this table.
Prior Year Total Rev Dist Current Year Total Rev Dist Variance Between Prior and
Equivalencies Equivalencies Current Year
321.39 334.30 12.91 (4.02%)
Variance explanation: The men’s numbers are consistent between 18-19 and 17-18. The women’s numbers are
what have changed. For 18-19 we had 24 receiving fifth year or medical aid and in 17-18 we had 16 receiving
fifth year or medical aid. We also approved medicals to receive 100% as opposed to keeping the scholarship
amount they were on previously which increased the amount of equivalency.
Sport 2018-19 Pell Prior Year Pell Variance Total Dollar Amount for SAs on
Grants Grants Totals Pell Grants
Baseball 5 1 4 21,425
Basketball 4 3 1 21,915
Football 38 44 -6 236,530
Golf 0 0
Ice Hockey 1 2 -1 6,095
Soccer 2 2 0 12,190
Swimming and Diving 1 2 -1 3,045
Tennis 2 -2
Track and Field, X- 18 18 0 108,332
Country
Wrestling 14 15 -1 74,086
Men's Total 83 89 -6 483,618
Sport 2018-19 Pell Prior Year Pell Variance Total Dollar Amount for SAs on
Grants Grants Totals Pell Grants
Basketball 2 3 -1 16,761
Field Hockey 2 1 1 9,540
Golf 0 0
Gymnastics 2 3 -1 12,190
Rowing 12 17 -5 57,735
Soccer 1 2 -1 1,932
Softball 5 5 0 11,419
Swimming and Diving 1 1 0 2,645
Tennis 1 0 1 6,095
Track and Field, X- 19 18 1 87,457
Country
Volleyball 2 2 0 6,747
Sport 2018-19 Pell Prior Year Pell Variance Total Dollar Amount for SAs on
Grants Grants Totals Pell Grants
Women's Total 47 52 -5 212,521
Sport 2018-19 Pell Prior Year Pell Variance Total Dollar Amount for SAs on Pell
Grants Grants Totals Grants
Mixed 0 0 0
Total
2018-19 Pell Prior Year Pell Variance Total Dollar Amount for SAs on Pell
Grants Grants Totals Grants
Total 130 141 -11 $696,139
Comments
Comments:
Miscellaneous Information
Note: These values are calculated from data entered earlier in the system.
Athletically Input the total amount of athletic student-aid for the reporting year including:
Related • Summer school.
Student Aid
• Tuition discounts and waivers (unless it is a discount or waiver available to the general
student body).
• Aid given to student-athletes who are inactive (medical reasons) or no longer eligible
(exhausted eligibility).
• Other expenses related to attendance.
Note: Division I Grants-in-aid equivalencies are calculated by using the revenue distribution
equivalencies by sport and in aggregate. (Athletic grant amount divided by the full grant
amount). Other expenses related to attendance (also known as gap money or cost of
attendance) should not be included in the grants-in-aid revenue distribution equivalencies.
Only tuition, fees, room, board and course related books are countable for grants-in-aid
revenue distribution per Bylaw 20.02.7.
Note: Pell grants are provided by the government, not the institution or athletics
department, and therefore should be excluded from reporting in this category.
This information can be managed within the NCAA's Compliance Assistance (CA) software.
The information entered into compliance assistance will automatically populate to the athletic
student aid section within the NCAA Financial Reporting System when the CA import feature
is selected.
Men's Teams $9,262,219
Women's Teams $7,493,856
Total Amount $16,756,075
Recruiting Input transportation, lodging and meals for prospective student-athletes and institutional
Expenditures personnel on official and unofficial visits, telephone call charges, postage and such. Include
value of use of institution's own vehicles or airplanes as well as in-kind value of loaned or
contributed transportation.
Men's Teams $1,360,191
Women's Teams $414,564
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Reporting Institution: Michigan State University Reporting Year (FY): 2019
Head Coaches Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to all coaches reportable on the university or
Salaries related entities W-2 and 1099 forms inclusive of:
Assistant Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to all coaches reportable on the university or
Coaches Salaries related entities W-2 and 1099 forms inclusive of: