Listing of compensation for the conference commissioners

http://blog.al.com/bn/2008/02/total_compensation_for_commiss.html

Swofford in at #2

2/25/2008 10:22:41 PM

Last Name FOWLER
First Name LEE G
Total Salary $245,000
Campus NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Dept ATHLETICS - DIRECTOR AND STAFF
Position OTHER
Admin Title DIRECTOR/SAAO - H10
Status PERMANENT

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 10:27 PM. Reason : PERMANENT!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

2/25/2008 10:26:51 PM

^we're doomed.

2/25/2008 10:30:07 PM

Now you know why the good schools are never targeted for investigation, bad for the NCAA and bad for the commissioner and his office...and by bad I mean less dollars for all. I would think that the position of Conference Commissioner would be a lot easier than A.D of a BCS team. Obviously not by the numbers.

2/25/2008 10:34:10 PM

Jesus titty-fucking christ. What the hell are these guys doing that they could possibly deserve that much money?

2/25/2008 10:45:48 PM

wow...what qualifies you to be commissioner?

can't be that hard...

2/25/2008 10:45:49 PM

^^ They manage a multi-million dollar business. I'm guessing you'd see similar compensation in other multi-million dollar businesses.

He assumes the risk for failure, I'm guessing he has to make deals, get sponsorships, oversee the organization of events, raise money, maintain the quality of the product etc.

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2008 10:52:14 PM

Nah, I doubt there are many CEOs making that level of bank in multi-million dollar businesses, even considering stock compensations (unless they're like a founder/owner of course). Now multi-billion dollar businesses, sure.

But you do make a good point. I had forgotten about all the money involved with managing contracts with networks, merchandising, and shit like that. Still, it seems like these guys are getting overpaid. I wonder if there is public information on just how much money the conferences make, anyone know?

2/25/2008 11:02:55 PM

You are wrong about CEO pay. Hell, an average engineer with 10+ years of experience is easily going to make more than 100k. The CEO is going to make a hell of a lot more than their average engineer.

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 11:08 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2008 11:06:25 PM

CEOs of companies pulling in as much as a bcs conference make a ton of money.

2/25/2008 11:18:42 PM

too much

2/25/2008 11:45:59 PM

^^^ I don't think you realize how small most multi-million dollar businesses are.

2/25/2008 11:48:42 PM

Quote :

"CEOs of companies pulling in as much as a bcs conference make a ton of money."

This is about a $100 million, BTW

2/25/2008 11:50:36 PM

Quote :

"Jesus titty-fucking christ. What the hell are these guys doing that they could possibly deserve that much money?"

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2/26/2008 12:11:15 AM

Why isn't there a rule that the commissioner of each league be a graduate of another conference school so there is no chance of bias?

2/26/2008 1:13:35 AM

DEPENDS

DO YOU MEAN HOW MUCH DOES THE ACC PAY SWOFFORD TO BE COMMISSIONER

OR HOW MUCH DO UNC AND DUKE PAY SWOFFORD TO BEAT STATE ALL THE TIME HAR HAR HAR

2/26/2008 12:39:47 PM

Salary comparisons for executives are silly if you don't look at what sort of performance incentives they have.

Those usually eclipse base salary by an order of magnitude, especially in the private sector.

2/26/2008 12:57:43 PM

Quote :

"Jim Delany Big Ten $959,236 John Swofford Atlantic Coast $759,971 * Kevin Weiberg Big 12 Conference $699,700 Britton Banowsky Conference USA $558,618 Mike Slive Southeastern Conference $545,129 Tom Hansen Pacific-10 Conference $513,891 Mike Tranghese Big East Conference $468,446 Craig Thompson Mountain West Conference $377,740 Karl Benson Western Athletic Conference $370,568 Linda Bruno Atlantic 10 Conference $370,077 Wright Waters Sun Belt Conference $230,046 Doug Elgin Missouri Valley Conference $224,250 Jonathan LeCrone Horizon League $220,600 Dennis Farrell Big West Conference $218,394 Rick Chryst Mid-American Conference $210,000 Michael Gilleran West Coast Conference $209,583 Richard Ensor Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference $204,061 Tom Yeager Colonial Athletic Association $203,600 Dennis Thomas Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference $186,425 Carolyn Femovich Patriot League $183,800 Jon Steinbrecher Ohio Valley Conference $177,100 * Robert Vowels Southwestern Athletic Conference $173,640 Tom Burnett Southland Conference $169,037 * William Bibb Atlantic Sun Conference $163,200 Doug Fullerton Big Sky Conference $145,000 # Geoffrey Cabe Southern Conference $116,390 Tom Douple Summit League $107,097 * John Iamarino Northeast Conference $91,700 * No longer commissioner of this conference # Serves as senior associate commissioner. No commissioner was listed for the Southern Conference in this year."

Ha ha the commissioner of the C-USA makes more than the commissioner of the SEC.

2/26/2008 3:36:50 PM

Just FYI, Jim Delany played bball at UNC and has been the commish since 1989. So when UNC beat Illinois in the NC, who was he for? School or paycheck

2/26/2008 4:14:59 PM