We’re in the dead off the offseason, and this year more than in year’s past, it feels like there hasn’t been quite as much to talk about when it comes to Iowa Athletics. That’s not a bad thing necessarily — it has given me plenty of time to catch up on television programs (hello, Brockmire), nap during The Masters, and shovel my driveway after a mid-April snow. But it also means that any email that comes across my inbox from the Iowa Athletics Department catches my eye more than it normally would.
And so, a few days ago, the following came into my inbox, and was reported on by The Gazette’s Vanessa Miller:
On the heels of breaking a seven-year bowl win drought and a beyond disappointing men’s basketball season that featured a contract extension and ludicrous buyout dealt in secret, the Athletics Department is seeking outside contractors to tell them how to sell more tickets and improve fan relations?