POLLARD'S STATEMENT ON STATE FUNDING
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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.
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.
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Uh...I hope you forgot this.
If you did, you had me going right up to those last two names...:notworthy:
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Uh...I hope you forgot this.
If you did, you had me going right up to those last two names...:notworthy:
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.
Our shrinking dependence on state funds is a very good thing, but I'm sure a big part of that comes from the big increases we've seen in ticket prices (which includes the required donation) and selling hope with the new coaches. The "hope" has worn off in basketball, but thanks to CPR (and Auburn), football should do just fine.
But JP's statement uses the exact same numbers in the graph and he calls it "State Support", so I think it is fair to assume that any amount from tuition is already accounted for in Student Fees or elsewhere.
Either way, it is great that JP already has a plan in place to address what the legislature wants, and has already been working towards it for years.
the incentives are usually given to those who have done a good job, except for the CEO's who still get million dollar bonus's when their company is going under.
March 23, 2010
Dear Cyclone fans,
Over the past several days, many of you have read reports about the Board of Regents proposed policy to substantially reduce or eliminate state funding for college athletics at the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University. The purpose of this letter is to share several important facts related to this proposed policy change.
The proposal will actually have a minimal impact on our athletics program because we have already reduced our reliance on state funding significantly in the past five years. As you can see in the chart, we have reduced our state support from nearly 12% of the total budget ($3.4 million) in 2005 to 3.7% of the total budget ($1.6 million) in 2010. In addition, we plan to continue reducing our dependence on state funding further in the next several years.
Despite the significant reduction in state support for our athletics program the last five years, we have been able to increase our overall annual athletics funding during that same time period from $28 million to $42 million. We have also invested more than $50 million in new and renovated facilities and have significantly improved our overall academic and athletics competitiveness. These positive gains are a result of your continued support of our institution and athletics program.
On behalf of all 450 Iowa State University student-athletes, coaches and staff, we simply say thank you for your generosity.
Go Cyclones!
Sincerely,
Jamie Pollard
Director of Athletics
Can't beleive no one has jumped on this, which is true. Except for the marquee program at ISU.
Why in the hell would it matter what Garrett and Christopherson thinks? DG is a senior and SC a junior, not like either of these guys will be hanging around for long that who we hire as coach is going to have any effect on them. Geez, you've had some really strange posts around here today! Also Jake Sullivan isn't even connected with the program right now so he's another one that doesn't make much sense. If you've read anything around here the past few years you'd know that the rumor is he and the current ISU coaching staff don't necessarily see eye to eye and the fact that he hasn't made much effort to change that perception himself to me doesn't give what he thinks much weight. I like Jake but I wouldn't consider him a very influential person with our basketball program right now.
Really strange posts? Maybe I just see things differently than you. Garrett and Christopherson? Well, I'm talking if a coaching change is made THIS year, so both would be around and likely leaders of the team next year. Seems pretty obvious that you want to have a coach that connects to the players since he recruits and coaches them. No, I wouldn't want them having the final word, but getting their input and allowing them to be a part of the process wouldn't be a bad idea.
For Sullivan, here is a former ISU player who is supposedly one of our all-time greats and also happens to be running a successful AAU program in the state. The connections he has may be helpful and his knowlege of the AAU system would be a good test for an interviewing coach. As for his relationship with the current staff, who cares? They'd be gone.
Exactly. The University Support line on that graph is referring to the amount the ISU Athletics Department receives from the University that it, in turn, receives from General Fund allocations by the State of Iowa. This is the funding that they are attempting to cut out and Pollard has done an outstanding job whittling down that amount over the time he has been here.
If people want to get in to tuition kickbacks, scholarships, etc for the Athletics Department to make it more attractive for student athletes to come to Iowa State that is a whole other topic.
The athletic department PAYS the university tuition money for each of their athletes. That's the way it is everywhere...unless the scholarships are endowed by donors. Then of course the endowment pays the university for tuition. Room and board gets paid to the university if the athlete lives on campus, paid to the athlete if he/she lives off campus.
