Identify Activity That Will Require
Augmentation in FY 2001-02
ATHLETICS WEB SITE
The Athletic Department
WWW site is a heavily visited site and has become a critical
communications vehicle for our fans, supporters, boosters,
students, faculty, staff, both current and prospective.
As an example, the Athletics site was visited some 77,000
times during the short month of February 2001.
For the past three years,
the Athletics site has been maintained at no cost by a third
party administrator, Total Sports, Inc. This was the result
of a “loss leader” contractual agreement that
expires this summer 2001. While we could continue to have
Total Sports maintain the site, they have quoted us an annual
fee of $10,000 to do so.
This request is for
a non-recurring sum of $10,000 to retain a consultant to
rebuild the Athletics site, train the Sports Information
staff how to maintain the site, and to purchase some hardware
and software that is needed.
