Tracking Player Dues/Expenses

by **onpoint** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:35 pm

Curious if other teams around the country use Quicken or Quick Books to keep track of their teams' dues, etc. or if most just use a basic spreadsheet. I'm currently using a spreadsheet, but considering upgrading to the next level. Any thoughts?

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by **Dulax31** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:38 pm

I've used all those different applications, and I feel that an Excel spreadsheet would be the best way to keep track of all the dues and payments. It's just a convenient one page source where you can see all the details needed, plus there are plenty of functions you can do with the excel file (i.e. sum all, conditional formatting, drop down boxes, ect.)

by **Zeuslax** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:50 pm

We use excel as well.

by **USTLAX06** on Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:38 am

I used to manage our books for years, and find Excel to work out well. Other then the obvious math capabilities I can keep everything on the various tabs in a workbook, add comments to each sell (instead of just placing a player total next to their name I can also put down their payment type/plan and when their next installment is coming. I can also do forecasting and anything else I need to be aware of. Any time a coach ever asked me a financial question I could answer it in a matter of seconds. I think if you are organized that it's really all you need. That being said I was only keeping tabs on a 40 person roster, although we had a nice working budget that would carry over from year to year.

by **Frank Clark** on Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:55 am

We still use excel. We also use google spreadsheet to share live time updates with a select list of people who need to have access to the info.

by **cjwilhelmi** on Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:31 pm

I used Excel for player dues and stuff here at Lindenwood but use QuickBooks Pro for my GRLC duties. I like them both, if you want to spend the money Quickbooks is a lot nicer.