A transaction-level case study of youth-sports finances, public-school facility use, game-day economics, equipment acquisition, capital development, and documented community reinvestment.
The primary research period runs from 2004 through the mid-June 2010 board transition. The figures below are organization-level ledger amounts and should not be described as revenue or expense of Prague Public Schools.
Prague Youth Football used the Prague Public Schools football facility for home-game operations. The surviving ledger records recurring home-game activity, gate deposits, concession activity, officiating deductions, postseason activity and special events.
The organization participated in the Deep Fork Valley Youth Football League. The workbook includes direct Deep Fork Valley league-related payments, establishing the competitive and operating context for the program.
League participation → public-school football facility → local youth-football game-day operations. Prague is useful to the broader Hidden Valley research because transaction-level financial records survive.
Annual recorded income grew from $18,483.66 in 2004 to more than $62,000 in both 2007 and 2009. The ledger reflects an organization that expanded far beyond basic registration-fee operations.
The workbook is a cash ledger, not an accrual income statement. Loan proceeds increase cash receipts, principal payments reduce cash, and durable assets can create value beyond the year purchased.
The financial summary identifies approximately $130,523.61 in named game/event-associated credits. These records are tied to games, Shootouts, playoffs, scrimmages, gate receipts, concessions, All-Star activity and related deposits. A ledger or deposit date is not automatically the actual game date unless the record expressly identifies the event date.
Early-year entries often separate gate receipts from concessions, giving the research a clearer view of spectator-driven cash activity.
Recurring deposits and purchases from vendors such as Sam's Wholesale, Ben E. Keith, Pepsi and IGA support a facility-level concession analysis.
Several gate entries expressly state that referee money was removed before deposit, allowing partial reconstruction of gross gate collections and officiating cost.
The research identifies football equipment, uniforms, helmets, pads, jerseys, socks, helmet reconditioning, practice equipment and major sporting-goods purchases. Because some invoices may contain mixed items, this is a research classification rather than an audited fixed-asset total.
In 2007 the ledger records $20,750 in BancFirst loan proceeds described for a building and Gator, a $14,783 payment to Oklahoma Steel Building Systems and a $5,900 Gator purchase, followed by building-related work and a $5,377.85 payoff in May 2010.
The dedicated schedule includes football/varsity/facility-related support and assistance involving Band Boosters, Pom, Little League Cheer, Prague Youth Sports, elementary-school activity and youth-baseball field lights.
| Research Dimension | Prague Evidence | Comparative Value |
|---|---|---|
| Public facility use | Home games at Prague Public Schools football facility | Public-asset / youth-organization relationship |
| League governance | Deep Fork Valley participation and league payments | League operating-cost framework |
| Gate | Home, Shootout, playoff and All-Star receipts | Spectator-driven event economics |
| Concessions | Deposits plus recurring food/beverage vendors | Ancillary-revenue model |
| Officials | Referee amounts removed from some gate collections | Historical officiating-cost benchmark |
| Equipment | $112,905.92 identified equipment/apparel debits | Participant-resource reinvestment |
| Capital | Building/Gator and subsequent improvements | Infrastructure reinvestment model |
| School/community | $51,660.37 support schedule | Documented beneficiary analysis |
Annual financial performance, game-day deposit reconstruction, equipment and apparel analysis, capital development, community reinvestment, controls, limitations and comparative research value.
Open Financial Summary PDFPublic-school facility use, Deep Fork Valley league context, reconstructed home-game/event footprint, gate/concession/officials architecture, facility-related capital and community-partnership interpretation.
Open Facility Summary PDFPrague Youth Football's 2004–2010 records provide a transaction-level historical case study for the Integrity of the Game vs Economic Impact (Politics): The Oklahoma Business Plan research architecture. The organization used the Prague Public Schools football facility for home operations while participating in the Deep Fork Valley Youth Football League, and the surviving ledger connects league participation to game-day deposits, concessions, officiating, equipment acquisition, capital development and school/community reinvestment.
Unlike a modeled facility study, Prague includes organization-level financial records. Its principal research value is showing what becomes possible when money can be followed from receipt through expenditure and beneficiary: Revenue → Documentation → Operations → Equipment → Facilities → School/Community Benefit.
This page is an independent historical research and analytical publication prepared for research, education, transparency and public-interest analysis. It is not an official publication of Prague Public Schools, the Deep Fork Valley Youth Football League, any governmental entity, or any other organization referenced. The financial figures are derived from surviving Prague Youth Football cash-ledger records and related research summaries. They are not represented as audited financial statements, tax determinations, forensic-accounting findings, legal conclusions, or proof of wrongdoing. Identification of a facility, school, league, vendor, person or beneficiary does not by itself imply misconduct, liability, ownership, employment, endorsement or receipt of funds. Association with a facility is not allocation to that facility.
