I hate the idea that people running non-profits are supposed to take less money for what their skillset could provide on the open market.
Williams & Blum: Recapping a crazy 10 days
- Thread starter Aiden Wyatt
- Start date
This is a little more than I make but when you factor in all of those items (which my employer does send a reckoning of every year) it is a lot less.
@brentblum, just curious, I know your job entails a not insignificant amount of travel - are those travel expenses in the fund raising expenses number or is it all included in your compensation?
I pay for all of me and my wife's travel for work. (although some are covered through duties with Learfield like the trip to Maui to fill in for John Walters.)
It never stops. Cyclone sports and Iowa State university just killing alumni for money. It's crazy
That's what I thought. That makes that compensation number even smaller. People saying or even hinting that you are over compensated don't know what they are talking about. This is a home team discount.
I'd say Blum is one of the most important figures in ISU athletics (outside of Athletes) right now. I think we'd be up a creek without what both he and Krystal are doing.
I've never met the guy, but will join the posse of Blum defenders.
I've never met the guy, but will join the posse of Blum defenders.
I haven't met him either. I just like him because he is a Cyclone trivia nerd like me.I'd say Blum is one of the most important figures in ISU athletics (outside of Athletes) right now. I think we'd be up a creek without what both he and Krystal are doing.
I've never met the guy, but will join the posse of Blum defenders.
Can't find a great source but I see $1340/mo so $16k a year. I have family of 5 so if you math it would be $1675/mo or $20.1k a year.
"Family Plan (4 people): Around $1,340 per month on average without subsidies"
How Much Does Obamacare Cost?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, aimed to make health insurance more affordable by providing subsidies, regulating premiums, and
Totally understand this. Please know that every single Cyclone fan I know personally GREATLY appreciates your efforts. A few anonymous posters spouting negativity does not take away from the overwhelming consensus that you are ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE at your job. You are under compensated from my point of view.
Please, please know that most of Cyclone Nation thinks the world of the work you have done. Thank you for your continued efforts!
Note that for 2024 with salaries of around 130k and revenues of 6.2M that 2% ratio is crazy good for a non-profit. Even the ~10% for 2023 is respectable. Over the two year period it is ~260k for 7.9M is around 3% - still crazy good.
Crazy, it's been a couple years since I checked so it's going up by a few hundred every year. Seems like the "A" part of ACA isn't really accurate anymore.Can't find a great source but I see $1340/mo so $16k a year. I have family of 5 so if you math it would be $1675/mo or $20.1k a year.
"Family Plan (4 people): Around $1,340 per month on average without subsidies"
How Much Does Obamacare Cost?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, aimed to make health insurance more affordable by providing subsidies, regulating premiums, andwww.thepricer.org
Also let's be real, if he made any more in compensation he'd probably turn around & donate it right back or spend it on Ames Lager anyway. He's the epitome of Loyal Son Forever True!
Well holy ****, I certainly did not intend for this to turn into an argument of if you're fairly compensated. My apologies.
Anybody else think it's kinda gross that people want to make a big point of Brent being paid to have to do all this? I'm sure he'd be happy if all of this was unnecessary.
I'll say this...there's not been a more important man with regard to ISU athletics in the last 18-24 months than Blum. Period, full stop.
We are getting Brent for 20% of what TCU is paying Brock Harding to play basketball. Advantage Cyclones.
This probably isn’t perfect but I think the argument would be something like this:
1. Keeping the revenue-generating sports competitive is critical to the health of the university. These are probably the most important marketing arm for the school.
2. In this new era, the revenue-generating sports need to focus on themselves to remain competitive (if not also getting support themselves from the university/ state).
3. From the university’s perspective, and therefore the state’s, from my understanding one of the primary reasons to have the non-revenue sports is to help market the university to potential students. Since the revenue-generating sports can no longer afford to also fund the non-revenue sports, if the university and the state think the marketing provided by the non-revenue sports is worthwhile, the university or the state should pay for that marketing by funding the non-revenue sports.
I don’t think anyone wants sports getting cut, and that’s not what I’m advocating for. But when the primary revenue generators for your business (football and MBB in the AD’s case) are operating at a $20-30 million/ year disadvantage to the competition, I think there’s an argument to be made that they ought to at least help them out by not making them also fund the sports that are operating at a deficit.
