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The management of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the consolidated financial
statements included in this Annual Report to Shareholders. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and include amounts based on
management’s best estimates and judgments where necessary. Financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report
is consistent with these financial statements. The consolidated financial statements were audited by our independent registered
public accounting firm. Their report is included herein on page 36.
Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal
control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting
for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal
control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our
transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial
statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of company assets are made in accordance with
management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of company
assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that
a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected.
Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the
framework and criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission. This evaluation included review of the documentation of controls, evaluation
of the design effectiveness of controls, testing of the operating effectiveness of controls and a conclusion on this evaluation.
Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective
as of January 28, 2006. Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of
January 28, 2006 has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
Edward W. Stack William R. NewlinMichael F. Hines
Chairman and Executive Vice President and Executive Vice President and
Chief Executive Officer Chief Administrative Officer Chief Financial Officer
dick’s sporting goods, inc. 2005 annual report
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MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS