These commissioners don’t need a Batphone

By Ron Kantowski

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | 3:50 p.m.

Say what you will about the job Craig Thompson does as commissioner of the Mountain West Conference.

Including that he gets paid handsomely to do it.

But not as handsomely as some of his brethren.

According to a report in the Birmingham (Ala.) News, Thompson's annual salary is $377,740, which places him eighth among NCAA commissioners.

Here's the list.

-- Jim Delaney, Big Ten, $959,236.

-- John Swofford, Atlantic Coast, $759,971.

-- Kevin Weiberg, Big 12, $699,700.

-- Britton Banowsky, Conference USA, $558,618.

-- Mike Slive, Southeastern, $545,129.

-- Tom Hansen, Pac-10, $513,891.

-- Mike Tranghese, Big East, $468,446.

-- Craig Thompson, Mountain West, $377,740.

-- Karl Benson, Western Athletic, $370,568.

-- Linda Bruno, Atlantic 10, $370,077.

-- Wright Waters, Sun Belt, $230,046.

-- Doug Elgin, Missouri Valley, $224,250.

-- Jonathan LeCrone, Horizon League, $220,600.

-- Dennis Farrell, Big West, $218,394.

-- Rick Chryst, Mid-American, $210,000.

-- Michael Gilleran,* West Coast, $209,583.

-- Richard Ensor, Metro Atlantic, $204,061.

-- Tom Yeager, Colonial Athletic Association, $203,600.

-- Dennis Thomas, Mid_Eastern Athletic, $186,425

-- Carolyn Femovich, Patriot League, $183,800.

-- Jon Steinbrecher, Ohio Valley, $177,100.

-- Robert Vowels,* Southwestern Athletic, $173,640.

-- Tom Burnett, Southland, $169,037.

-- William Bibb,* Atlantic Sun, $163,200.

-- Doug Fullerton, Big Sky, $145,000.

-- Geoffrey Cable, Southern, $116,390.

-- Tom Douple, Summit League, $107,097.

-- John Iamarino,* Northeast, $91,700.

*no longer commissioner

All salaries are filed for 2006 except for the MAC (2004) and WAC (2007).