Alpha Chi Rho’s charitable powder-puff tournament may not turn out to be as profitable as originally thought.

Alex Romano, CROW’s treasurer, said that if it had not been for additional fees Syracuse University levied upon the tournament for use of the fields and services, about $1,500 to $2,000 would be available to donate to Habitat for Humanity. Instead, he now predicts about $600 will be given.

‘Since the university made them pay for the field, CROW will only end up giving a couple hundred dollars to charity,’ said Caitlin Moran, captain of the Delta Gamma powder-puff team, which won the tournament.

Part of the problem, according to Romano, was the fact that only two of the three field supervisors scheduled to work at the tournament showed up.

‘We were charged for three officials and only two showed up,’ Romano said.

The intramural supervisor appointed to the event had to work two jobs on Sunday to compensate for the missing worker. Jose Rodriguez, president of CROW, said the supervisor did a good job at running the tournament.

‘I hope they pay the kid what he deserves,’ Rodriguez said.

CROW gave the university a $1,000 down payment to use the field, and Romano said they expect to get some of that money back after damages to the field have been assessed by university officials.

‘We don’t expect to hear of any damages to the field,’ Romano said.

CROW was also asked to pay the salaries of the officials monitoring the powder-puff matches. But Romano said he thinks they may have been overcharged.

‘Some supervisors only made about $7.50 an hour, but we were charged $12,’ Romano said.

The fraternity received a letter from SU outlining the costs of services: $180 for a facility supervisor, $90 for special event staff, $108 for an intramural supervisor, $270 for officials, $450 for two Public Safety officers and $150 for field lining. In addition to these service costs, Recreation Services is also charging for field damages.

In an e-mail addressed to Romano Wednesday, Assistant Director of Recreation Services David Sargalski said the fraternity would be held financially responsible for field damages, which could cost anywhere from $1,000 to $2,500.

As a result, this year’s powder-puff tournament was forced to move to the Skytop field on South Campus instead of being held at its usual location at the Women’s Building, according to Rodriguez, which reduced student access and excitement about the event.

Regardless of the fact that CROW will not be able to donate as much money to Habitat for Humanity as they had intended to, Rodriguez said the powder-puff tournament went smoothly.

‘A lot of sororities and fraternities got to come down,’ Rodriguez said. ‘Everyone did a great job and the girls did a great job at participating.’

Published on November 8, 2004 at 12:00 pm