USATF and Max Siegel agree to 5-year contract extension through end of 2028 / Update: Rojo's Siegel video will debut at 7 pm ET

Jonathan Gault · 2023-11-09T08:59:36-05:00

Max Siegel will be around for at least one more Olympic cycle.Most interesting part of the press release is that USATF paid FW Cook, an executive compensation firm, to determine if they were paying Siegel too much money. The release said FW Cook's results were "methodically analyzed" when it came to making their recommendations for Siegel's new contract. But it notably does [i]not [/i]say what those results were.On the one hand, it's good that the Board realizes Siegel's pay might be out of whack. On the flip side, how much did it cost to hire FW Cook? USATF is paying FW Cook, presumably, tens (hundreds?) of thousands of dollars when pretty much anyone can see Siegel is overpaid?I'm going to be very interested to see how much his new salary is, but the new contract doesn't kick in until 2024 and USATF is always very late releasing their tax filings. So we may not find out until late 2025 when USATF releases its tax filing for 2024.https://www.usatf.org/news/2023/usa-track-field-and-ceo-max-siegel-sign-new-contra

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LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson has vowed for years to make a video criticizing USATF for its excessive pay of Max Siegel and today's news has finally pushed him over the top. Here is the video: https://youtu.be/wy1MYPFpkIc

Correction on 11/10/2023 - We just realized the compensation for the USA Swimming CEO is from 2020, not 2021 like for the others. In 2021, the USA Swimming CEO made $1,037,208.

2 years ago 11/11/2023 9:26am EST

re: CouldBeWorseCouldBeUKA

CouldBeWorseCouldBeUKA wrote:
Not defending Siegel's pay (too high for a a nonprofit CEO!), nor some of his questionable actions (USA Olympic Trials in Orlando at Noon, WTF?), but I suppose it could be worse.
UK Athletics is a dumpster fire and on the verge of administration (which is British for bankruptcy, but a LOT worse!).
So, while Max Siegel does suck objectively in many ways, I do think it is important to be mindful of the financial health of USATF as compared to some other country's federations.
Still, I can't help to think that it would be nice if there was more focus on building up the various state associations, which vary WIDELY in competence and quality and support provided to the sport.
Need a strong foundation for continued growth, including developing future fans by developing young athletes in the sport.

Many associations do a great job on the grass roots level but more then half do nothing. It’s a big problem and I would encourage people to get involved on the local level. The more members an association has the more votes they get. Some associations (entire states) only have 100-200 members, are not hosting any event or doing anything to introduce the sport to new audiences. Mind blowing.

2 years ago 11/12/2023 9:11am EST

re: Dolf

Rojo, try comparing Max's salary to that of the highest paid Director of T & F at the various Universities! You might come up with a different conclusion.

2 years ago 11/12/2023 9:17am EST

re: Dolf

Dolf wrote:
CouldBeWorseCouldBeUKA wrote:
Not defending Siegel's pay (too high for a a nonprofit CEO!), nor some of his questionable actions (USA Olympic Trials in Orlando at Noon, WTF?), but I suppose it could be worse.
UK Athletics is a dumpster fire and on the verge of administration (which is British for bankruptcy, but a LOT worse!).
So, while Max Siegel does suck objectively in many ways, I do think it is important to be mindful of the financial health of USATF as compared to some other country's federations.
Still, I can't help to think that it would be nice if there was more focus on building up the various state associations, which vary WIDELY in competence and quality and support provided to the sport.
Need a strong foundation for continued growth, including developing future fans by developing young athletes in the sport.
Many associations do a great job on the grass roots level but more then half do nothing. It’s a big problem and I would encourage people to get involved on the local level. The more members an association has the more votes they get. Some associations (entire states) only have 100-200 members, are not hosting any event or doing anything to introduce the sport to new audiences. Mind blowing.

No. What's "mind blowing" and "a big problem" is how little support these associations get from USATF. If the financial health of USATF is so great, where's the trickle down effect?!?

2 years ago 11/13/2023 7:58am EST

re: kmaclam

According to the USATF press release, “The USATF Board of Directors undertook a comprehensive and inclusive CEO evaluation process, including performance analysis and engagement with internal and external stakeholders to share feedback on Siegel’s leadership and provide their insights

How are our elite men and women T & F athletes not considered stakeholders? How are our local associations not considered stakeholders? How are us fans of the sport not considered stakeholders? We know who these internal stakeholders were (can you say cronyism), but who were these phantom external stakeholders?

2 years ago 11/16/2023 2:34am EST

re: Jonathan Gault

Selling the whole farm to Nike isn't worth a 50% revenue bump. What does USATF need $35m for anyway? Athletes are more than capable to clothe themselves and get themselves to events that theoretically generate revenue for them.

I'd be surprised if the sum total of the earnings of American track and field athletes even came close to $35m. USATF should be generating more for the athletes than it embezzles from crumby multinational corporations.

2 years ago 11/16/2023 2:42am EST

re: kmaclam

kmaclam wrote:
“comprehensive and inclusive CEO evaluation process, including performance analysis and engagement with internal and external stakeholders"

This is just code for 'they came up with some bogus way to rationalize the corruption using irrelevant data -- but good luck doing anything about it.'

I went to a 450 child high school and the board that the principal hand-picked said something similar when they raised his annual salary from around $300k to over $700k. They still have the gaul to reach out for fundraising purposes -- no surprise when the son of the principal was given a repo job as head of 'alumni development'.

The best solution would be for folks to build a parallel structure that focuses on building the sport from the grass roots without the influence of evil multinational corporations. If the whole thing needs to be a big consumeristic orgy of shoes and gear in order to make financial sense then the thing is just a piece of junk. Time for a different thing.

2 years ago 11/16/2023 6:50am EST

re: Vidiot2

Vidiot2 wrote:
kmaclam wrote:
“comprehensive and inclusive CEO evaluation process, including performance analysis and engagement with internal and external stakeholders"
This is just code for 'they came up with some bogus way to rationalize the corruption using irrelevant data -- but good luck doing anything about it.'
I went to a 450 child high school and the board that the principal hand-picked said something similar when they raised his annual salary from around $300k to over $700k. They still have the gaul to reach out for fundraising purposes -- no surprise when the son of the principal was given a repo job as head of 'alumni development'.
The best solution would be for folks to build a parallel structure that focuses on building the sport from the grass roots without the influence of evil multinational corporations. If the whole thing needs to be a big consumeristic orgy of shoes and gear in order to make financial sense then the thing is just a piece of junk. Time for a different thing.

Amen!! It could be like the Gauls vs the Romans.

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