Big 12 has offered its commissioner's job to Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby

[rkell87]

Bowlsby was in Phoenix the past few days as the Big 12 and Pac 12 meetings overlapped. Bowlsby has a strong relationship with Pac 12 commissioner Larry Scott. Bowlsby was on the search committee that discovered Scott, with the aid of search firm executive Jed Hughes who has handled both searches for the Big 12 and Pac 12 commissioner's jobs. Hughes was at a different firm for the Pac 12 search firm than he is for the Big 12 search.

Bowlsby has been highly respected by his Pac 12 colleagues, and sources said he had a strong endorsement from Scott.

Bowlsby also was influential in the Pac 12 negotiating a new television agreement that will show all its games next season on a number of networks, from ESPN, to Fox, to the new Pac-12 network.....


http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...by-offered-big-12-conference-commissioner-job

 

[MC KAos]

I like it!

 

[rkell87]

Bryan Fischer ‏ @BryanDFischer
A source has confirmed that Bob Bowlsby has accepted and will become the Big 12 commissioner. Press conference on Friday.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Can't say I like it much but it also does not surprise me.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Can't say I like it much but it also does not surprise me.

More info please.

Don't know anything about the guy and was going to come in here and ask about him.

 

[rkell87]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/18943073



Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby will become the Big 12's next commissioner, a source confirmed to CBSSports.com's Bryan Fischer. A news conference has been tentatively scheduled for Friday.

Bowlsby, 60, has been at Stanford since 2006 and previously was athletic director at Iowa from 1991-2006 and Northern Iowa from 1984-91.

Bowlsby will replace acting commissioner Chuck Neinas, who took over when former commissioner Dan Beebe was fired in 2011. ESPN.com first reported Bowlsby was offered the job.

One of Bowlsby's first duties is decide if the league should expand. With the addition of West Virginia and TCU, they have 10 members for the 2012-13 season. But there are several within the conference who want the league to expand to 11 or 12 for stability reasons and others who want the league to remain at 10 schools.

Industry sources told CBSSports.com if the Big 12 does expand Louisville would be its first target as a full member and the Cardinals would leave the Big East. The Big 12 also has hopes to try and sway Notre Dame to join the league, either as an all-sports member or just for as an Olympic sports member.

Bowlsby is one of the most respected athletic directors in the country. While at Stanford, the Cardinal won their unprecedented 17th consecutive Learfield Sports Directors' Cup, awarded to the nation's top all-around athletic program based on NCAA tournament success in each sport.

 

[Cythim]

He seems to have a strong connection in the NCAA and USOC, this will probably be a good move for the Big 12.

http://www.gostanford.com/school-bio/stan-athdir.html

In recognition of his leadership, Bowlsby was one of five finalists for Sports Business Journal’s Athletic Director of the Year.

Throughout his career, Bowlsby has emerged as a national leader in intercollegiate and amateur athletics. In February of 2007, Bowlsby was appointed to the United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors. He was elected chair of the NCAA Olympic Sports Liaison Committee and represented the NCAA as one of two voting members on the United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors. Bowlsby also served as a member of the NCAA/U.S. Olympic Committee Task Force chaired by Cedric Dempsey and George Steinbrenner.

He recently chaired selection committees that appointed new USOC CEO Scott Blackmun along with Pacific-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott.
Bowlsby previously served as President of the NCAA Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Association (2002-03), chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for two years (2003-05) and a committee member for five years, chair of the Big Ten Administrator’s Council (2002-04) and chair of the NCAA Management Council.


Bowlsby was appointed by President George Bush as a member of the Commission on Opportunities in Athletics in 2002-03. The committee was led by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige.

In addition, Bowlsby served as chair of the NCAA Wrestling Committee and has served on NCAA committees on Financial Aid and Amateurism, the Special Committee to Review Amateurism Issues and the Special Committee to Review Financial Conditions in Athletics.

Bowlsby has also served as an Executive Committee member with both the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and served as President of the I-A organization for two years.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

More info please.

Don't know anything about the guy and was going to come in here and ask about him.

I just don't love how the PAC12 has done things in recent history and he has very specific ties to them. I can see the Big 12 becoming more and more like the PAC 12. Is that a good thing? I don't know. I have felt as if the Big 12 has, for academic reasons, made certain decisions on certain programs that have had more of an eye towards positioning themselves academically as opposed to athletically in the recent past and they have passed on opportunities to bring certain programs in because of this. I don't want to see the Big 12 become the Big 10 and that's really what they are trying to accomplish. It has to do with grant money from Government funded programs. Texas, in particular, has always wanted to be the Stanford of the SW, if you will. I would just rather them be Texas but that's not going to happen. One thing I think we will see happen across the Big 12 is Tuition will go up significantly.

Bowlsby has undoubtedly had huge success at Stanford and their athletic programs have flourished but I just don't think it's a good time for people to pay more and I know that this is what Bowlsby will advocate.

 

[Cythim]

I just don't love how the PAC12 has done things in recent history and he has very specific ties to them. I can see the Big 12 becoming more and more like the PAC 12. Is that a good thing? I don't know. I have felt as if the Big 12 has, for academic reasons, made certain decisions on certain programs that have had more of an eye towards positioning themselves academically as opposed to athletically in the recent past and they have passed on opportunities to bring certain programs in because of this. I don't want to see the Big 12 become the Big 10 and that's really what they are trying to accomplish. It has to do with grant money from Government funded programs. Texas, in particular, has always wanted to be the Stanford of the SW, if you will. I would just rather them be Texas but that's not going to happen. One thing I think we will see happen across the Big 12 is Tuition will go up significantly.

Bowlsby has undoubtedly had huge success at Stanford and their athletic programs have flourished but I just don't think it's a good time for people to pay more and I know that this is what Bowlsby will advocate.

I do not understand how you make this connection between Bowlsby and tuition. What is this opinion based on?

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I do not understand how you make this connection between Bowlsby and tuition. What is this opinion based on?

What happened at Iowa, while he was there, what happened in the PAC12 and what happened at Stanford.

 

[Aikbach]

What happened at Iowa, while he was there, what happened in the PAC12 and what happened at Stanford.

I don't understand, how does an athletic commissioner for a conference of otherwise independent universities effect their state tuitions? Only Baylor and TCU are private and I don't see their tuition being changed by Big 12 membership and transpirings.

 

[MC KAos]

besides, tuitions have gone up in all schools

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I don't understand, how does an athletic commissioner for a conference of otherwise independent universities effect their state tuitions? Only Baylor and TCU are private and I don't see their tuition being changed by Big 12 membership and transpirings.

Bowlsby is big on raising the tide, so to speak. He has tried to do it everywhere he has gone. It's not a bad thing per say but what it means is that you must generate more revenue. Where does that come from? It comes from increased tuition and increased ticket prices, among other sources. If you are a part of the Big 12, he will push for this, particularly in sports other then just the majors. That's going to be an expensive proposition IMO. In good economic times, I'm more in favor of this kind of thing but as it stands today, I don't know that this would be such a good thing. It's hard to send kids to school these days and it's harder to pay for an education, without getting too deep in debt, if you are making your own way. That's mainly the gist of my concern.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

besides, tuitions have gone up in all schools

And they continue to rise. That's not really a good thing to me and somebody who would only further that position, as I believe Bowlsby would, is a concern to me.

 

[MC KAos]

well, here are some good news in that front, at least for UT

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/cont...012/05/03/regents_freeze_instate_tuition.html

 

[Aikbach]

But I thought UT football operated on a profit and was segregated from the rest of the athletic pool because of it's self sufficiency? And wouldn't the texas legislature, who control the UT purse strings, have to ok a tuition hike?

 

[The30YardSlant]

If he tries to advocate a large tuition hike across the board like he did at Stanford and the Pac as a whole this will go over like beer at a church picnic.

 

[Aikbach]

If he tries to advocate a large tuition hike across the board like he did at Stanford and the Pac as a whole this will go over like beer at a church picnic.

You must not be Presbyterian

 

[MC KAos]

You must not be Presbyterian