POLLARD'S STATEMENT ON STATE FUNDING

**Al_4_State** · 03-23-2010, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

University Support falling. There's a shocker. Not. Highest enrollment in years, but we'll keep lowering our support of sports. Nice job paying for your marketing, Iowa State.

Yup. I wish the University would wake up and realize what a good athletics program could do for it.

**SplitIdentity** · 03-23-2010, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

University Support falling. There's a shocker. Not. Highest enrollment in years, but we'll keep lowering our support of sports. Nice job paying for your marketing, Iowa State.

Good.

**Frak** · 03-23-2010, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by CTTB78

Still curious, was JP the guy that wrote the very poor, incentive laden contract for McD, a coach who begged to get hired in the first place?

Yeah, he did write that contract. Basically, he has said that to get the coaches that we want, he has to get creative. I have no doubt that if ISU had a bigger budget, those extension clauses wouldn't have been in there because ISU could have competed with KSU and whoever else was after GMac.

I guess I don't blame Pollard for going all out to sign the coach that he thought was the right guy. Problem is, he was wrong and GMac wasn't the right guy, so now we're screwed. IF for some reason GMac bolts back to UNI and ISU ends up looking for a coach, I would hope that Pollard would form a small committee to interview candidates:

Pollard
Heft
Gary Thompson
Jake Sullivan
Diante Garrett
Scott Christopherson

Back to the initial topic, great job by JP decreasing the state funding. I figured when the BOR came out with that stance, Pollard would already be two steps ahead of them with a plan. And it wouldn't have surprised me to see ISU completely self sufficient in 3 years no matter if the BOR came out and said something or not. I wonder with JWRSquawk will complain about when ISU is 100% self sufficient.

**MoreCowbell** · 03-23-2010, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

University Support falling. There's a shocker. Not. Highest enrollment in years, but we'll keep lowering our support of sports. Nice job paying for your marketing, Iowa State.

Uh, isn't that what the article is talking about? The University support category is the state funding. That's what we're trying to decrease.

**Mr Janny** · 03-23-2010, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

University Support falling. There's a shocker. Not. Highest enrollment in years, but we'll keep lowering our support of sports. Nice job paying for your marketing, Iowa State.

Maybe I'm not clear on what "University Support" consists of. I read it as the amount of revenue the athletic department gets from the University. (taxpayers)

I thought this is what JP was touting as a success, that they had reduced their university support. I didn't think it was a bad thing.

Am I wrong?

**khaal53** · 03-23-2010, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

Yup. I wish the University would wake up and realize what a good athletics program could do for it.

I know I'm dense, but I'm not following... Fill me in?

**Mr Janny** · 03-23-2010, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by MoreCowbell

Uh, isn't that what the article is talking about? The University support category is the state funding. That's what we're trying to decrease.

yeah, that's what I thought, as well, but some folks appear to see the decrease in University support as a bad thing, so I thought I might be missing something.

**Frak** · 03-23-2010, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

University Support falling. There's a shocker. Not. Highest enrollment in years, but we'll keep lowering our support of sports. Nice job paying for your marketing, Iowa State.

May be the highest enrollment, but state funding to the university has been chopped big time. This summer, they're going to see department and program cuts and lay offs. As much as Geoffrey appreciates the athletics dept, he has some tough choices to make and Pollard weaning the AD off of state funds at least lets him avoid cuts there. Maybe some of you don't get that this is a GOOD thing? It is.

UNI is going to be in trouble, though. If they don't find a new revenue stream, they are looking squarely at nonscholarship football.

**VeloClone** · 03-23-2010, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Frak

Yeah, he did write that contract. Basically, he has said that to get the coaches that we want, he has to get creative. I have no doubt that if ISU had a bigger budget, those extension clauses wouldn't have been in there because ISU could have competed with KSU and whoever else was after GMac.

I guess I don't blame Pollard for going all out to sign the coach that he thought was the right guy. Problem is, he was wrong and GMac wasn't the right guy, so now we're screwed. IF for some reason GMac bolts back to UNI and ISU ends up looking for a coach, I would hope that Pollard would form a small committee to interview candidates:

Pollard
Heft
Gary Thompson
Jake Sullivan
Diante Garrett
Scott Christopherson

Back to the initial topic, great job by JP decreasing the state funding. I figured when the BOR came out with that stance, Pollard would already be two steps ahead of them with a plan. And it wouldn't have surprised me to see ISU completely self sufficient in 3 years no matter if the BOR came out and said something or not. I wonder with JWRSquawk will complain about when ISU is 100% self sufficient.

Uh...I hope you forgot this.

If you did, you had me going right up to those last two names...

**cytech** · 03-23-2010, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Janny

yeah, that's what I thought, as well, but some folks appear to see the decrease in University support as a bad thing, so I thought I might be missing something.

University support is money from the general fund, which is funded with tuition and also state funds. State funds make up only 40% of the general fund. So not all of the 1.6 million could be considered tax payer money

**westcyedclone** · 03-23-2010, 03:51 PM

JP has done an incredible job handling the financial challenges facing ISU.
We know he made a huge mistake extending GMAC's contract and he does too.
Overall i can't think of a better man for the job.

**IcSyU** · 03-23-2010, 03:53 PM

I'm talking in terms of many other athletics departments getting money from the university they represent in the forms of scholarship money and things of the like.

**Ms3r4ISU** · 03-23-2010, 03:55 PM

From DMR on Friday ISU, UNI athletics face end to use of tax money | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

The idea is for taxpayer money that goes to the regents institutions to be used for tuition and academics, rather than athletics. As JP said, ISU Athletics already has been reducing that portion of its budget.

**usedcarguy** · 03-23-2010, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Frak

May be the highest enrollment, but state funding to the university has been chopped big time. This summer, they're going to see department and program cuts and lay offs. As much as Geoffrey appreciates the athletics dept, he has some tough choices to make and Pollard weaning the AD off of state funds at least lets him avoid cuts there. Maybe some of you don't get that this is a GOOD thing? It is.

UNI is going to be in trouble, though. If they don't find a new revenue stream, they are looking squarely at nonscholarship football.

All they have to do is sell beer at FB and BB games. Their regular season football attendance has been less than awe inspiring considering their on the field success.

**Frak** · 03-23-2010, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by VeloClone

Uh...I hope you forgot this.

If you did, you had me going right up to those last two names...

No, I'm serious. I don't think that you want to go through an interview process without SOME representation from the team. Those are the two that came to mind when I thought of intelligent kids who have been good team members.