(07-20-2020 02:19 PM)pvk75 Wrote:  This is a totally off-the-wall question (which will probably garner me some raspberries), but ... how much does Northern NOT spend if there is no 2020 football season, fall or spring?

An answer would no doubt be complicated, since you'd have to calculate the reduced ticket, vendor, etc., income. Then add-subtract the payouts (loss of $1.4 million for not playing Iowa and Maryland, saving $400k not playing URI). Then subtract the travel costs for road games. Then calculate the savings from reduced practices, wear and tear on equipment, etc. Blah, blah, blah through countless factors. Same for going the other way and calculating the cost of a season.

Then there are ongoing costs ... salaries/benefits, utilities, insurance, basic maintenance ... but those are there no matter what, even with pay cuts.

But in any case, I pose the question because the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis are 1) of course, the top priority of health, and 2) financial, both health-related and operational. If you DON'T do something, it has to be cheaper, imo.

Wouldn't it also be advantageous to use this "non-season" to make beter plans for 2021? (Note the NIU football Twitter site is already promoting the FBS o-o-c games for 2021.) Why screw that up with an abbreviated spring season? To satisfy a dwindling fan base instead of planning to build that base? Just askin'.

This is just a guess in my part, but I’d imagine on their balance sheet they’ve already invested a majority of the 2020 expenses. Then the season is suppose to recoupe much of that. So they will be stuck in the red for 2020.

Maybe that’s what the “red” and “black” chant really is about? Accounting! We could just yell “profit” - “loss”.