ChiRedbirdfan
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Dr Beggs:
I am looking forward to your response on the previous topic regarding number of varsity sports offered by ISU especially as it relates to the new college landscape and our ability to compete with our conference peers and, more importantly, on a national basis. Further I would also like your perspective on how ISU Athletics operates relative to its conference peers. Again, I am looking for a reason to return to financially supporting ISU Atheltics, namely men's basketball and football with NIL donations, but first I need to believe ISU Athletics itself is operating efffectively and efficiently. Please note the following annual expense data for ISU and conference peers ( also Northern Illinois):
When looking at how much more ISU spends than it public university peers on coach/staff expenses it is hard for me to justify donating as I find ISU's annual staff expenditures alarming. Given our lack of success on the field and the court it seems as though we are poorly managed as respects to finances. I am hoping that is not the case but hard to believe otherwise when looking at these expenditures. I thought maybe we paid our men's basketball and football coaches signficantly more than our conference peers but as you can see that is not the case. I also though maybe we spend more on academic support for our students and consequently our academic progress rate would be higher but that is not the case as MO State, UNI and SIU had higher APR's in 2022 for men's basketball than ISU and Indiana State and Uni had higher APRs in football than ISU. I know that you are not responsible for these financial results but I am hoping you can shed some light as to why our staff expenses are so much higher than all other listed universities. Maybe there is a good explanation?
Thank you and I look forward to your response.
Respectfully,
I am looking forward to your response on the previous topic regarding number of varsity sports offered by ISU especially as it relates to the new college landscape and our ability to compete with our conference peers and, more importantly, on a national basis. Further I would also like your perspective on how ISU Athletics operates relative to its conference peers. Again, I am looking for a reason to return to financially supporting ISU Atheltics, namely men's basketball and football with NIL donations, but first I need to believe ISU Athletics itself is operating efffectively and efficiently. Please note the following annual expense data for ISU and conference peers ( also Northern Illinois):
| Football | Basketball | Total | Annual | |
| Coach | Coach | Coach/Staff | Difference vs | |
| Salary | Salary | Expenses | ISU | |
| Illinois State | $365,000 | $565,000 | $10,803,000 | |
| Indiana State | $218,000 | $365,000 | $5,790,000 | -$5,013,000 |
| Missouri State | $275,000 | $439,000 | $8,483,000 | -$2,320,000 |
| Murray State | $260,000 | $520,000 | $5,768,000 | -$5,035,000 |
| Northern Iowa | $400,000 | $900,000 | $7,221,000 | -$3,582,000 |
| Northern Illlinois | $677,000 | $321,000 | $7,971,000 | -$2,832,000 |
| Southern Illinois | $265,000 | $460,000 | $6,170,000 | -$4,633,000 |
| UIC | N/a | $410,000 | $6,426,000 | -$4,377,000 |
When looking at how much more ISU spends than it public university peers on coach/staff expenses it is hard for me to justify donating as I find ISU's annual staff expenditures alarming. Given our lack of success on the field and the court it seems as though we are poorly managed as respects to finances. I am hoping that is not the case but hard to believe otherwise when looking at these expenditures. I thought maybe we paid our men's basketball and football coaches signficantly more than our conference peers but as you can see that is not the case. I also though maybe we spend more on academic support for our students and consequently our academic progress rate would be higher but that is not the case as MO State, UNI and SIU had higher APR's in 2022 for men's basketball than ISU and Indiana State and Uni had higher APRs in football than ISU. I know that you are not responsible for these financial results but I am hoping you can shed some light as to why our staff expenses are so much higher than all other listed universities. Maybe there is a good explanation?
Thank you and I look forward to your response.
Respectfully,
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