New NCAA President Announced

[AZHuskiePop]

If you could believe the predictions of doom
Hiring a new president for the NCAA is like changing captains on the the Titanic after it hit the ice berg

 

[Edward Sargent]

Another thought about Charlie is that his financial experience may be perfect for leading the NCAA into the NIL era. Its great that they didn't pick some college administrator for the position

 

[bendm]

the king is dead, long live the king

 

[gtcam]

Meh Doesn't make any difference who heads the insane asylum
They are all crazy and incompetent

 

[Westies53]

Charlie Baker has always been pretty well recieved during his tenure as Governor (coming from a Boston resident). A little shaky at the end, but I think the big thing here is going to be his connections in the government with the NIL litigation and power struggle with the P5 possibly breaking away. The more I look at it the more it makes sense.

Interesting point though: He was a big proponent in getting sports gambling legalized in Massachusetts and had his fingerprints all over it.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Charlie Baker has always been pretty well recieved during his tenure as Governor (coming from a Boston resident). A little shaky at the end, but I think the big thing here is going to be his connections in the government with the NIL litigation and power struggle with the P5 possibly breaking away. The more I look at it the more it makes sense.

Interesting point though: He was a big proponent in getting sports gambling legalized in Massachusetts and had his fingerprints all over it.

Well said!

 

[husky8273]

Charlie Baker College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Charlie Baker - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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8 games, 1 year, 15 points total in '77-'78- Harvard lost to UConn by 1, 1/14/78. can't find the box score

 

[Devland]

In reality, aren't the P-5 conferences running the NCAA? So this is a figurehead position.

 

[UConnJim]

Baker is a well-liked politician, but he also has business experience. He was brought in as CEO of my healthcare provider, Harvard Pilgrim, when it was close to bankruptcy and he turned it around and made it profitable and some thought Harvard Pilgrim was a lost cause.

 

[SubbaBub]

My opinion of the man has somehow lessened by this. As if he couldn't find a more respectable job.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

In the words of Mad Magazine, " YEEEECH."

"In the words of Mad Magazine..."

"Yeech" is a single word, and you misspelled it.

 

[mhshuskies]

Best response by Michael Wilbon: “there still an ncaa, why, for what purpose”?

 

[mhshuskies]

Emmert is awful and without knowing anything about Baker, the leadership of the NCAA can only go up.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to follow Mark Emmert as NCAA president

Baker's term as governor is up in January and he'll reportedly take over the NCAA in March. Emmert announced his resignation in April.

sports.yahoo.com

Why does he want the job, “it’s a rat ship full of sea going snitches“