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Athletic director outlines $150K‑plus budget pressure, revenue targets and fundraising ideas
Summary
The district’s athletic director presented projections showing higher officials and equipment costs, an estimated $150K–$160K budget need, revenue goals and new fundraising ideas including a department online store and tournaments.
Scotty, the district athletic department presenter, told the Swain County Board the department faces rising costs for officials, equipment and travel that together could require budgeting roughly between $150,000 and $160,000 for the coming year. He identified officials’ fees, equipment and uniform price increases (citing a tariff‑driven jump in a basketball unit price) as primary cost pressures.
Scotty said half of the department’s major expense estimates are officials’ fees and highlighted several line items: Hudl (video/scouting service) estimated at about $11,000 annually; field painting estimated at…
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