BC Soccer Web Reader Responds To CSA Budget 2009
By Richard Howes BC SoccerWeb
One of our readers, a prominent Canadian businessman, has responded to our article Proposed CSA Budget 2009 Revealed? published earlier this week. These are his observations…
I took the liberty to do a Budget Analysis with the information provided. The Analysis takes an Average of 2007 and 2008 financial figures and compares them against the 2009 Budget. The idea is to see what the CSA plans to do with the increase in player dues.
I have grouped categories in order to make sense of a very obscure financial plan that offers few, if any real insights into how these funds are raised and what the money is actually to be spent on. My categories are broken into:
- Revenue
- Expenses
- National Team
- National Team Administration
- Senior Men Team
- Development Men
- Senior Woman Team
- Development Woman
- CSA General Business
- Administration
- General Player Development
- Referee & Coaching Development
- Facilities
- Communications & Mini Soccer
It can be argued that one line item should be moved to another; however that argument is immaterial to the overall picture the analysis reveals. The highlights are as follows:
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Proposed CSA Budget 2009 Revealed?
By Richard Howes BC SoccerWeb
The information below was received in the mail by The BC Soccer Web this past week from an unidentified source.
A typewritten, unsigned cover note read: “This may be of interest to you. One of several versions of the CSA budget for 2009. Not sure if this is the most current version.”
The numbers appear to correspond with what little detail the CSA has released. At the very least, the numbers likely provide some insight into the CSA’s income sources and spending priorities at a level of detail not typically available to the general membership.
This kind of information is very pertinent however as the CSA conducts its tour of the provinces seeking an increase in the player registration tax it collects from the provincial associations. The BC Soccer Web cannot and does not vouch for the validity or accuracy of this information, it is published here as received, in the interests of transparency.
U20 WC Vancouver: Swangard Is Ready For The World
Courtesy Richard Howes The BC Soccer Web
If the magnificent pitch at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium is a harbinger of things to come then soccer fans in the Lower Mainland are in for a treat.
The staff of Burnaby Parks and Recreation Department have been hard at work ensuring that the playing surface at Swangard is world class for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 games that kick off at the venue on Sunday, July 1st. They have succeeded.
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Swangard Is Ready
