$600K though?Do they expect a locally renowned athlete and lawyer to make normal salary? I mean sure it would be swell if McCann did it for free, but his NFL career didn't pay him much and presumably he is spending time doing this instead of being a lawyer. I assume McCann costs more than someone without name recognition.
Has the des Moines register even had anything on this? For a paper that gets off on digging up dirt any anyone and anything i can't remember seeing anything about this.
Yes?Do they expect a locally renowned athlete and lawyer to make normal salary? I mean sure it would be swell if McCann did it for free, but his NFL career didn't pay him much and presumably he is spending time doing this instead of being a lawyer. I assume McCann costs more than someone without name recognition.
$600K though?
$600K though?
But why? I presume they sought him out specifically and paid him a rate they deemed to be fair. His name carries more weigthan probably any other charity director of a similar level of donations, and seeing as they were organizing concerts attended by 50k people, they were probably hoping to be in a higher donation level.Yes?
Wish I had a side gig that paid 150k a year.Over four years it says. Not completely out of line for a one man show. He likely took a pretty big pay cut to work for them.
I don’t see anyone who got screwed here. They admit that the concerts were inefficient ways of raising money, but it’s not like they were soliciting donations to pay for staff. I know a lot of people who went to both shows because they were big acts, not because the concerts were raising money. I didn’t even know the Newton show was put on by this group. It looks like nearly all of their revenue was from the events, and they still may some pretty major grants to those in need.
This article was looking for clicks by going after big names in my opinion.
Over four years it says. Not completely out of line for a one man show. He likely took a pretty big pay cut to work for them.
I don’t see anyone who got screwed here. They admit that the concerts were inefficient ways of raising money, but it’s not like they were soliciting donations to pay for staff. I know a lot of people who went to both shows because they were big acts, not because the concerts were raising money. I didn’t even know the Newton show was put on by this group. It looks like nearly all of their revenue was from the events, and they still may some pretty major grants to those in need.
This article was looking for clicks by going after big names in my opinion.
Just a bit.I also applaud the Gazette for doing the article. Wonder if they'll get blow-back from some of the local readers.
Clark is an ex football player with money and good intentions. And the effort sounded like a noble idea. In hindsight a bad idea. Kutcher is an actor with lots of money and good intentions. Nobody there was a business person, nor charitable professionals. I don't fault either for their intentions regardless of how unrealistic they may have been.
Rich people with money and lots of time (usually have) have lots of good intentions but scant experience and humility to do anything other than write a check.
The article implies this was a $150K per year part-time job. He was working full-time for Brick-Gentry Law Firm the whole time. I wasn't 100% sure, so I looked, and found this industry-article written in 2014, yes, he was working for Brick-Gentry then: https://www.pageturnpro.com/Business-Publications/55664-BR-Iowa-1-10-14/sdefault.html#page/6
So yeah. I have zero industry knowledge, but job where you earn $150K per year, but it's "low-demanding" enough that you can keep working at a big law firm while doing it ... it just doesn't pass the smell test.
I also applaud the Gazette for doing the article. Wonder if they'll get blow-back from some of the local readers.
It’s funny because Kyle McCann was a terrible QB.