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Senior columnists reflect on past, look to future.
Drake's varsity teams all have their own budgets that account for recruiting, traveling and equipment, but the whole athletic department acts under a tight budget. As each sport figures its annual budgets, the coaches make requests on what they would like to see included in them, and then the athletic department's administrative team determines whether these requests may be granted. In terms of traveling, money is distributed based on priority. Priority is determined by factors such as revenue production, schedule traveling demands and conference demands. Lynn King, director of intercollegiate athletics, used football as an example of a sport whose conference, the Pioneer Football League, makes scheduling complicated for it.