Ironman has always been notoriously cheap. Many years ago we used to do the Ironman triathlon out here in Las Vegas. It was hard to get volunteers because they offered $25 and they did not have proper insurance to cover your motorcycle in case you hit a bicyclist or you went down.
A friend of mine who is a Moto Ref for national bicycle races got us into the Rock'n Roll Marathon and they paid us very well to shuttle people. It was a very good gig as long as you could navigate around 40,000 runners... Now that Ironman has bought the R&R we bowed out because we know that Ironman won't spend the money or get the proper insurance to cover you.