Popular Post craiga Posted April 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2020 I can't speak for the Bluecoats, but in general, a modern drum corps payroll is going to include truck drivers, a traveling physician, nurse, physical trainer, professional chef, (the cooking crew are probably volunteers), as well as 60-70 instructional staff. Remember, staff rarely are on tour all 70 days at the same time. It is tempting to compare back to 40 years ago, but really, it is not even the same activity. We no longer have corps dads driving 35 years old buses with no AC and eating mac and cheese for every meal. Did any corps even carry liability insiurance back in the 70s'? I doubt it. My corps had no paid staff either in those days, and the various sections actually prepared the "meals". Thank God we have evolved. When I marched, we had basically 2 two week tours....Tour A and Tour B..with a bunch of long weekends in between. Modern drum corps is a whole different beast, and it does cost a lot of money. Some corps are better equipped financially than other. I hope they can all make it back. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsfever Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) On 4/10/2020 at 12:26 AM, Brian Tuma said: Bluecoats are also staffing an event space/bingo hall, correct? I wonder how much of their 2.5 million budget is payroll. $2.5 million budget per year is too high for a drum corps. And 200? That’s insane no matter how you count it. Edited April 13, 2020 by drumcorpsfever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc03 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 14 hours ago, drumcorpsfever said: $2.5 million budget per year is too high for a drum corps. And 200? That’s insane no matter how you count it. Why? What is your cutoff for how much per year a drum corps should cost? How many employees are they allow to have? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 5 hours ago, dbc03 said: Why? What is your cutoff for how much per year a drum corps should cost? How many employees are they allow to have? That’s a good question! The NFL, NBA, and NHL have salary caps. MLB has a luxury tax. The NCAA limits the number of coaches per athletic team. Why??? To prevent more lucrative teams from spending, stockpiling talent and thereby placing teams with smaller payrolls and financial means at a competitive disadvantage. And that's exactly what we have in Drum Corps today and a large reason why only 30 exist. The constant addition of more and more props, this technician, that technician, that caption head, bells, gimmicks, etc. etc. make it virtually impossible to compete with the "haves" and it's destroying the activity. I don't know the answer to your question but some type of limit needs to be put in place before it's too late. Most likely it already is and that was before COVID. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbandguy Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 48 minutes ago, greg_orangecounty said: That’s a good question! The NFL, NBA, and NHL have salary caps. MLB has a luxury tax. The NCAA limits the number of coaches per athletic team. Why??? To prevent more lucrative teams from spending, stockpiling talent and thereby placing teams with smaller payrolls and financial means at a competitive disadvantage. And that's exactly what we have in Drum Corps today and a large reason why only 30 exist. The constant addition of more and more props, this technician, that technician, that caption head, bells, gimmicks, etc. etc. make it virtually impossible to compete with the "haves" and it's destroying the activity. I don't know the answer to your question but some type of limit needs to be put in place before it's too late. Most likely it already is and that was before COVID. How are those salary caps and luxury taxes working? How are those NCAA limits working?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 35 minutes ago, oldbandguy said: How are those salary caps and luxury taxes working? How are those NCAA limits working?? Well enough that all the aforementioned leagues will be around this time next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 hours ago, greg_orangecounty said: That’s a good question! The NFL, NBA, and NHL have salary caps. MLB has a luxury tax. The NCAA limits the number of coaches per athletic team. Why??? To prevent more lucrative teams from spending, stockpiling talent and thereby placing teams with smaller payrolls and financial means at a competitive disadvantage. And that's exactly what we have in Drum Corps today and a large reason why only 30 exist. The constant addition of more and more props, this technician, that technician, that caption head, bells, gimmicks, etc. etc. make it virtually impossible to compete with the "haves" and it's destroying the activity. I don't know the answer to your question but some type of limit needs to be put in place before it's too late. You've gained a friend in BRASSO. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, greg_orangecounty said: That’s a good question! The NFL, NBA, and NHL have salary caps. MLB has a luxury tax. The NCAA limits the number of coaches per athletic team. Why??? To prevent more lucrative teams from spending, stockpiling talent and thereby placing teams with smaller payrolls and financial means at a competitive disadvantage. And that's exactly what we have in Drum Corps today and a large reason why only 30 exist. The constant addition of more and more props, this technician, that technician, that caption head, bells, gimmicks, etc. etc. make it virtually impossible to compete with the "haves" and it's destroying the activity. I don't know the answer to your question but some type of limit needs to be put in place before it's too late. Most likely it already is and that was before COVID. NM Edited April 14, 2020 by GUARDLING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 20 hours ago, Ghost said: You've gained a friend in BRASSO. I love new friends!!! (i'm new here so I don't know who he, or she, is) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 11:54 PM, drumcorpsfever said: $2.5 million budget per year is too high for a drum corps. And 200? That’s insane no matter how you count it. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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