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and fund-raisers, has one of the smallest budgets. This year, the Relays has received $41,000 in sponsorships.
Susan Wachter, KU athletics business manager, said that in the past few years, the KU Relays had broken even. Besides the $35,000 budget last year, the Relays made about $46,000 in sponsorships, $19,000 in gate receipts and $10,000 in entry fees.
In a 1982 Kansan story, the budget for the Drake Relays was reported to be $170,000. Ehrhard, the current president of the organization, was noted to comment on the current budget.
"The relays does not bring money in, but it does pay for itself." Wuchter "Gate receipts were taken, but do not pay for the Relays by itself."
Bob Timmons, Kansas men's coach, said KU could expand the Relays by acquiring more corporate sponsorships. He said a group called the Jayhawk Track and Field Foundation was starting to look into finding the necessary funding for the future.
Fereshetian said the Relays' small budget hindered some of the progress he was trying to make.
"We have to rely on student volunteers for most of the work." Fereshetian said. "The lack of funding has prevented us from doing a lot of things, such as advertising. The old proverb is true: You can't make a little money unless you spend a little money."
Timmons said a larger budget was needed for the Kansas Relays to compete with the Penn and Drake Relays.
"People don't realize that we don't have the financial backing," Timmons said. "And, we suffer, to an extent."
A strong budget also provides the ability for the meet to pay appearance fees for the name athletes. By paying the name athletes, track meet directors can expect larger crowds.
Fereshetian said he wanted to maintain the atmosphere of college competition and didn't want to pay appearance fees for name athletes.
"We get calls every year from the great athletes," Feresheian said. "They hear we're not going to pay them money, and we never hear from them again."
Jim Ryun, a former member of the Kansas track team, said that if the Kansas Relays had a large budget to pay appearance fees, name athletes could be brought in to help Kansas' current situation.
"When I was in school, there was a lot of crowd excitement," Ryuan said. "Once we bring that back, I think we begin to reestablish the Belays."
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However, because Kansas won't pay the name athletes to participate in the meet, attendance has been low.
Last year, 8,000 people attended Saturday's events. Twenty years ago, 30,000 people attended one day of events.
"I believe that if you improve our teams, you will improve the attendance," Frederick said. "If the pink and blue jerseys are the first at the finish line, then it brings more people out."
Although better Kansas track teams would bring more fans to the stadium, the availability of seats also hinders the attendance.
Because Memorial Stadium seats 51,000, fans can wait to see what the weather is like before deciding to attend. At the Drake Relays, a limited amount of tickets is available. Fans must purchase tickets in advance to attend the relays.
Low student attendance is the most disappointing aspect to the Relays officials.
"We give out the Relay buttons to everyone with all-sports tickets and only 500 of the 7,000 got them last year," Fereshetian said. "That's a sad showing."
Timmons, who will be retiring this year as the Kansas men's coach, said the success of the Relays went hand in hand with the success of the track team.
"The Kansas Relays is a reflection of the track and field program at KU." Timmons said. "We've had the Relays for 63 years. There's no one trying to stop it. It will continue. We just need some additional outside help right now. It's important that the Relays make a full comeback."
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