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How pathetic has the B1G conference become, as is it’s leadership, including the university presidents, who are freaking clueless in picking Kevin Warren! No mention of him and he is still hiding under a rock! Sounds like most of them are like Harvey Perlman. Sheesh!

See: Pause Expansion amid Realignment and implications for the college football playoffs. SEC wants it all.

Pac-12 commish leads voices suggesting College Football Playoff expansion be paused amid SEC additions​

By Dennis Dodd
Jul 29, 2021 at 8:21 pm ET 7 min read
The Pac-12's new commissioner said out loud this week what his peers had been thinking for the last seven days: College Football Playoff expansion must be reconsidered. Not so much the actual expansion itself, but how there seems to be a bum rush towards it.
CBS Sports spoke with several high-profile administrators who will have a direct hand in the discussions. Their conclusion is that the entire proposed structure and access to the CFP must be reevaluated as a result of forthcoming conference realignment as triggered by the moves of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC.
How can there be certainty when we don't even know how many conferences will exist or what teams will be in them by the time this proposed expansion goes into effect?
"It's certainly going to be readdressed," George Kliavkoff, who took over as Pac-12 commissioner earlier this year, told CBS Sports. "Remember that was a two-year process done by four people. The proposal is good, but it's not done. We've mis-set fans' expectations that it's going to move on a very fast timeline."
That timeline was set in an April press release when CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the soonest expansion could be implemented was 2023. The issue had been studied for two years by a CFP subcommittee that included Greg Sankey (SEC commissioner), Bob Bowlsby (Big 12 commissioner), Jack Swarbrick (Notre Dame athletic director) and Craig Thompson (Mountain West commissioner).
However, with the SEC's pending addition of the Big 12's two powers, that seems to have slowed the process on several tracks.
One of those tracks is something no administrator has mentioned publicly. Texas and Oklahoma moving to the SEC changes not only college athletics but the entire college sports business model.
In devastating the Big 12 to the point it has lost 50% to 75% of its value, the SEC enhanced its power, leverage and earning potential to the point some college leaders fear the conference could earn six of the 12 available playoff spots in the proposed expansion.
"With 12 teams, we could just be watching a lot of SEC teams in the 12-team playoff," a highly-placed Power Five source told CBS Sports.
One Power Five AD added: "Why on God's green Earth would the Pac-12 and Big Ten hand over these [playoff] rights, which only strengthens the SEC?"
A second Power Five AD agreed: "I don't care if there are 10 SEC teams in; we just can't make that a bonanza [every] year for them. You can't strangle everybody else financially."
An easy fix for the CFP would be limiting the number teams from one conference that could enter a 12-team field. The problem? None of the stakeholders want that. As dominant as the SEC could become, other power conferences do not want to give up the possibility of unlimited berths for their leagues.
Kliavkoff being a rookie in his job does not mean his voice stands alone. He is supported by three other Power Five conference commissioners and some of most powerful college administrators in the country.
They assert that one thing has become clear: Sankey was one of those "four people" working on expansion while simultaneously engaging in a significant side hustle -- negotiating a blockbuster deal to lure Texas and Oklahoma to his conference. All while participating in those proceedings with Bowlsby.
That at least calls into question the CFP expansion process. Sankey was working on formulating logistics of a CFP expansion parallel while ensuring his conference would hold a more significant advantage in dominating the CFP.
"[The SEC] was not the conference clamoring ever for expansion," Sankey told CBS Sports. "I heard that from essentially every other conference. Not this conference."
With Sankey as one of the leading voices in the room, the appearance of a conflict of interest has led some to suggest he should have recused himself from the process.
"No," Sankey said, denying such an assertion. "There's a lot of checks and balances in the system. Things happened rapidly in the last eight days."
Meanwhile, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told CBS Sports that the expansion timeline has not changed.
"The summer assessment period is continuing -- the management committee members are gathering comments from their schools' presidents, athletics directors, coaches, faculty and student-athletes," he said.
The financial gain for having an outsized competitive advantage in a 12-team playoff would seemingly be minimal. Under the current contract, each Power Five conference gets $66 million per year from the CFP. Conferences get $6 million in additional funds for each semifinal berth and $4 million for a New Year's Six bowl berth.
What's of greater concern is a possible reshaping of college sports overseen by SEC and ESPN.
By taking Texas and Oklahoma, SEC and ESPN -- exclusive partners in the conference's media rights deal -- damaged Fox's investment in the Big 12. Fox splits rights with ESPN in the Big 12, Pac-12 and Big Ten.
To some, the takeover was bigger than realignment. It was a significant business maneuver.
That's why one high-profile AD tells CBS Sports he has "major issues" with the 12-team expansion as proposed.
The 10 FBS commissioners are due to meet with the CFP Board of Managers (conference presidents) regarding expansion in September. The goal is to summarize findings after in-depth talks with athletes, coaches and administrators on their campuses. That's the next step toward finalizing a 12-team structure.
However, more than one Power Five source told CBS Sports that the September date could be pushed back because of the SEC's actions. Complicating matters is Bowlsby's assertion that ESPN conspired with Texas, Oklahoma and the American Athletic Conference to take down his conference in realignment.
"Just looking at some of the public comments, it seems to be people are changing their minds a little bit," Bowlsby told CBS Sports.
Per the CFP, it would take a unanimous vote of the conferences to approve playoff expansion. Could one conference refusing to play along scuttle the entire plan?
"We mange by unanimous consent, but it isn't going to fall apart on that basis, I don't think," Bowlsby said. "I don't think people want to have a situation where most of the strength is in one area."
The greatest concern is the concept of expanding a playoff while realignment is reshaping college football. Does the proposal change if there are only two, three or four power conferences?
"It just feels uneasy relative to the 12 [teams]," Kliavkoff told CBS Sports. "I'm assuming my colleagues, nationally, this is a reason to pause on the 12. We need to pause."
As proposed, an expanded playoff would include the top six ranked conference champions with no automatic bids. The top four ranked teams would receive first-round byes.
However, Sankey has raised the idea of accepting the 12 best teams, regardless of conference titles.
"Should we just say the 12 best teams?" Sankey proposed. "I've been asked that by our own membership."
Such a structure would help the SEC, the nation's strongest football conference. In the 12-team field was in effect over the first seven years of the CFP, the SEC would have averaged three entrants per season (based on final CFP Rankings 2014-20). Including Texas and Oklahoma in that mix, the average would have been approximately four.
With so much happening, more and more administrators in power are now asking: Why wouldn't the CFP wait and go on the open market to maximize the value of product after the 2025 season? That's when the current deal with ESPN ends. ESPN has exclusive negotiating rights with the CFP until then.
However, as one administrator pointed out, it's a complete unknown what the media rights landscape will look like in five years. The general assumption is that the CFP will double in value to $1 billion per season. That could skyrocket with multiple bidders in the mix, including streaming services.
"Streaming is the future," Kliavkoff said.
If the contract were open to bid, it could further be maximized by placing each level of the playoff on a different network.
Deeper into the discussion, the strengthening of the SEC with the Longhorns and Sooners creates a likelihood it is given more favorable broadcast windows on ESPN. Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione has been public with his distaste for the historic Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry game being played at 11 a.m. CT in the heat of September in Norman, Oklahoma.
The Pac-12 has long been stuck with the logistic problem of playing on the West Coast. When its rights come up for bid in 2024, it's doubtful whatever money the conference gets will include games still lasting well into the night on the East Coast.
"The Pac-12 doesn't get in the playoff very often in the current format," Sankey told CBS Spots. "I think we all felt a responsibility to look at different models to provide access.
"If somebody wants to suggest this was motivated by some self interest, they're missing a big picture. Why would I support any automatic conference access? Why would I have said pretty openly we shouldn't leave the West Coast part of the country out of the playoff?"
It's safe to say Bowlsby is bitter having worked alongside Sankey and Castiglione for years. Kliavkoff brought up the fact that only two of the Power Five conferences (SEC, Big 12) were involved in shaping the expansion process over a two-year period.
"That's unfortunate," Kliavkoff told CBS Sports. "Remember: The commissioners of the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC weren't in the room."
 
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b1g is in denial if they think its ready for the future.
options are severely limited.
boiling frog?
 
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Warren is clearly way over his head. The Big Ten is to blame by giving him the job. He is the poster child of why affirmative action is wrong. Give the job to the best, most qualified individual whoever that is; black, white, brown, women, man, whatever people call themselves these days. Him being commissioner is hurting a billion dollar organization such as the big ten. No doubt about it.
 
IMO, if you are going to go to 12 teams for the playoff, before the end of the current deal, they should also reopening bidding to all networks. This shouldn't be just ESPN negotiating. The other conferences should have been involved in this prior. Only 2 conferences involved, the SEC and Big12, negotiating this knowing full well that the 2 biggest teams in the Big12 where heading to the SEC? This reeks. The other conferences should shoot this down until the bidding is open.
 
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IMO, if you are going to go to 12 teams for the playoff, before the end of the current deal, they should also reopening bidding to all networks. This shouldn't be just ESPN negotiating. The other conferences should have been involved in this prior. Only 2 conferences involved, the SEC and Big12, negotiating this knowing full well that the 2 biggest teams in the Big12 where heading to the SEC? This reeks. The other conferences should shoot this down until the bidding is open.
Sankey doesn't want conference champions to get automatic bids shows that his only goal is to get as many SEC teams in as possible. I would say make it 12 team, the top 2 team from each conference are automatic bids, one group of 5. That would be 9 teams under the current conference alignment (minus the Big12). That would leave 3 at large teams. Sankey would lose his sh*t!
 
How pathetic has the B1G conference become, as is it’s leadership, including the university presidents, who are freaking clueless in picking Kevin Warren! No mention of him and he is still hiding under a rock! Sounds like most of them are like Harvey Perlman. Sheesh!

See: Pause Expansion amid Realignment and implications for the college football playoffs. SEC wants it all.

Pac-12 commish leads voices suggesting College Football Playoff expansion be paused amid SEC additions​

By Dennis Dodd
Jul 29, 2021 at 8:21 pm ET 7 min read
The Pac-12's new commissioner said out loud this week what his peers had been thinking for the last seven days: College Football Playoff expansion must be reconsidered. Not so much the actual expansion itself, but how there seems to be a bum rush towards it.
CBS Sports spoke with several high-profile administrators who will have a direct hand in the discussions. Their conclusion is that the entire proposed structure and access to the CFP must be reevaluated as a result of forthcoming conference realignment as triggered by the moves of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC.
How can there be certainty when we don't even know how many conferences will exist or what teams will be in them by the time this proposed expansion goes into effect?
"It's certainly going to be readdressed," George Kliavkoff, who took over as Pac-12 commissioner earlier this year, told CBS Sports. "Remember that was a two-year process done by four people. The proposal is good, but it's not done. We've mis-set fans' expectations that it's going to move on a very fast timeline."
That timeline was set in an April press release when CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the soonest expansion could be implemented was 2023. The issue had been studied for two years by a CFP subcommittee that included Greg Sankey (SEC commissioner), Bob Bowlsby (Big 12 commissioner), Jack Swarbrick (Notre Dame athletic director) and Craig Thompson (Mountain West commissioner).
However, with the SEC's pending addition of the Big 12's two powers, that seems to have slowed the process on several tracks.
One of those tracks is something no administrator has mentioned publicly. Texas and Oklahoma moving to the SEC changes not only college athletics but the entire college sports business model.
In devastating the Big 12 to the point it has lost 50% to 75% of its value, the SEC enhanced its power, leverage and earning potential to the point some college leaders fear the conference could earn six of the 12 available playoff spots in the proposed expansion.
"With 12 teams, we could just be watching a lot of SEC teams in the 12-team playoff," a highly-placed Power Five source told CBS Sports.
One Power Five AD added: "Why on God's green Earth would the Pac-12 and Big Ten hand over these [playoff] rights, which only strengthens the SEC?"
A second Power Five AD agreed: "I don't care if there are 10 SEC teams in; we just can't make that a bonanza [every] year for them. You can't strangle everybody else financially."
An easy fix for the CFP would be limiting the number teams from one conference that could enter a 12-team field. The problem? None of the stakeholders want that. As dominant as the SEC could become, other power conferences do not want to give up the possibility of unlimited berths for their leagues.
Kliavkoff being a rookie in his job does not mean his voice stands alone. He is supported by three other Power Five conference commissioners and some of most powerful college administrators in the country.
They assert that one thing has become clear: Sankey was one of those "four people" working on expansion while simultaneously engaging in a significant side hustle -- negotiating a blockbuster deal to lure Texas and Oklahoma to his conference. All while participating in those proceedings with Bowlsby.
That at least calls into question the CFP expansion process. Sankey was working on formulating logistics of a CFP expansion parallel while ensuring his conference would hold a more significant advantage in dominating the CFP.
"[The SEC] was not the conference clamoring ever for expansion," Sankey told CBS Sports. "I heard that from essentially every other conference. Not this conference."
With Sankey as one of the leading voices in the room, the appearance of a conflict of interest has led some to suggest he should have recused himself from the process.
"No," Sankey said, denying such an assertion. "There's a lot of checks and balances in the system. Things happened rapidly in the last eight days."
Meanwhile, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told CBS Sports that the expansion timeline has not changed.
"The summer assessment period is continuing -- the management committee members are gathering comments from their schools' presidents, athletics directors, coaches, faculty and student-athletes," he said.
The financial gain for having an outsized competitive advantage in a 12-team playoff would seemingly be minimal. Under the current contract, each Power Five conference gets $66 million per year from the CFP. Conferences get $6 million in additional funds for each semifinal berth and $4 million for a New Year's Six bowl berth.
What's of greater concern is a possible reshaping of college sports overseen by SEC and ESPN.
By taking Texas and Oklahoma, SEC and ESPN -- exclusive partners in the conference's media rights deal -- damaged Fox's investment in the Big 12. Fox splits rights with ESPN in the Big 12, Pac-12 and Big Ten.
To some, the takeover was bigger than realignment. It was a significant business maneuver.
That's why one high-profile AD tells CBS Sports he has "major issues" with the 12-team expansion as proposed.
The 10 FBS commissioners are due to meet with the CFP Board of Managers (conference presidents) regarding expansion in September. The goal is to summarize findings after in-depth talks with athletes, coaches and administrators on their campuses. That's the next step toward finalizing a 12-team structure.
However, more than one Power Five source told CBS Sports that the September date could be pushed back because of the SEC's actions. Complicating matters is Bowlsby's assertion that ESPN conspired with Texas, Oklahoma and the American Athletic Conference to take down his conference in realignment.
"Just looking at some of the public comments, it seems to be people are changing their minds a little bit," Bowlsby told CBS Sports.
Per the CFP, it would take a unanimous vote of the conferences to approve playoff expansion. Could one conference refusing to play along scuttle the entire plan?
"We mange by unanimous consent, but it isn't going to fall apart on that basis, I don't think," Bowlsby said. "I don't think people want to have a situation where most of the strength is in one area."
The greatest concern is the concept of expanding a playoff while realignment is reshaping college football. Does the proposal change if there are only two, three or four power conferences?
"It just feels uneasy relative to the 12 [teams]," Kliavkoff told CBS Sports. "I'm assuming my colleagues, nationally, this is a reason to pause on the 12. We need to pause."
As proposed, an expanded playoff would include the top six ranked conference champions with no automatic bids. The top four ranked teams would receive first-round byes.
However, Sankey has raised the idea of accepting the 12 best teams, regardless of conference titles.
"Should we just say the 12 best teams?" Sankey proposed. "I've been asked that by our own membership."
Such a structure would help the SEC, the nation's strongest football conference. In the 12-team field was in effect over the first seven years of the CFP, the SEC would have averaged three entrants per season (based on final CFP Rankings 2014-20). Including Texas and Oklahoma in that mix, the average would have been approximately four.
With so much happening, more and more administrators in power are now asking: Why wouldn't the CFP wait and go on the open market to maximize the value of product after the 2025 season? That's when the current deal with ESPN ends. ESPN has exclusive negotiating rights with the CFP until then.
However, as one administrator pointed out, it's a complete unknown what the media rights landscape will look like in five years. The general assumption is that the CFP will double in value to $1 billion per season. That could skyrocket with multiple bidders in the mix, including streaming services.
"Streaming is the future," Kliavkoff said.
If the contract were open to bid, it could further be maximized by placing each level of the playoff on a different network.
Deeper into the discussion, the strengthening of the SEC with the Longhorns and Sooners creates a likelihood it is given more favorable broadcast windows on ESPN. Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione has been public with his distaste for the historic Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry game being played at 11 a.m. CT in the heat of September in Norman, Oklahoma.
The Pac-12 has long been stuck with the logistic problem of playing on the West Coast. When its rights come up for bid in 2024, it's doubtful whatever money the conference gets will include games still lasting well into the night on the East Coast.
"The Pac-12 doesn't get in the playoff very often in the current format," Sankey told CBS Spots. "I think we all felt a responsibility to look at different models to provide access.
"If somebody wants to suggest this was motivated by some self interest, they're missing a big picture. Why would I support any automatic conference access? Why would I have said pretty openly we shouldn't leave the West Coast part of the country out of the playoff?"
It's safe to say Bowlsby is bitter having worked alongside Sankey and Castiglione for years. Kliavkoff brought up the fact that only two of the Power Five conferences (SEC, Big 12) were involved in shaping the expansion process over a two-year period.
"That's unfortunate," Kliavkoff told CBS Sports. "Remember: The commissioners of the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC weren't in the room."
Dude must have found the rock Eichorst always hid under.
 
Warren is clearly way over his head. The Big Ten is to blame by giving him the job. He is the poster child of why affirmative action is wrong. Give the job to the best, most qualified individual whoever that is; black, white, brown, women, man, whatever people call themselves these days. Him being commissioner is hurting a billion dollar organization such as the big ten. No doubt about it.
How do you know Warren was hired because of his race? Because he’s black? Took a look at his Wiki page and the dude is highly accomplished.
 
Regardless, he is the epitome and text book definition of Peter Principle.
Maybe.. ND Law, Greenberg Traurig, NFL, his qualifications are sufficient. Some on the board think he’s an unqualified black guy. Certainly possible the job might not be a fit for him, but that isn’t because of the color of his skin. He’s relatively new at the job. Covid and the realignment stuff would have challenged Delany and he had a boatload of experience.
 
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How do you know Warren was hired because of his race? Because he’s black? Took a look at his Wiki page and the dude is highly accomplished.
I thought he was a good hire, until I heard his presser and his biggest concern was making sure black students register to vote and then go out and vote.
His biggest concern should be the conference, not playing partisan politics.
 
Maybe.. ND Law, Greenberg Traurig, NFL, his qualifications are sufficient. Some on the board think he’s an unqualified black guy. Certainly possible the job might not be a fit for him, but that isn’t because of the color of his skin. He’s relatively new at the job. Covid and the realignment stuff would have challenged Delany and he had a boatload of experience.
The reason I think he was hired because of his skin color, at least partly, is because he talks about a lot of the affirmative action-like practices. When introducing the new coaches, he made sure to discuss the coaches of color first. When discussing the new AD hires, same thing. Trev Alberts was an afterthought in his speech at media days.

The fact that the black AD at Ohio St had no idea who he was or that he was even a final candidate for the position tells me that it wasn't just a merit based hire. That doesn't mean his qualifications aren't sufficient, it just means he very well may have got the job because he is black.

Just to make it political and to get under your skin a bit, Trumps kids are all very well educated and smart people. All have been involved in his businesses for years. I would say that there are probably still people that would do a better job than them, but they got the jobs because they were Trump's kids. Doesn't mean they aren't qualified though.
 
I thought he was a good hire, until I heard his presser and his biggest concern was making sure black students register to vote and then go out and vote.
His biggest concern should be the conference, not playing partisan politics.
I didn’t see his presser, but the B1G did institute a voter registration initiative. It’s good that the conference is pro voting. I didn’t know voting was a partisan issue. By the way, the conference also has an anti-racism initiative. Is that a partisan politics thing? Shouldn’t we all be anti-racist?
 
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Maybe.. ND Law, Greenberg Traurig, NFL, his qualifications are sufficient. Some on the board think he’s an unqualified black guy. Certainly possible the job might not be a fit for him, but that isn’t because of the color of his skin. He’s relatively new at the job. Covid and the realignment stuff would have challenged Delany and he had a boatload of experience.

I don't care about his ethnicity. Doesn't matter. Bottom line is he's not an out-front leader that this conference needs. He's passive and he's reactive. When the Big 12 folds up, we need to go after Bowlsby as much as I hate to type that.
 
The reason I think he was hired because of his skin color, at least partly, is because he talks about a lot of the affirmative action-like practices. When introducing the new coaches, he made sure to discuss the coaches of color first. When discussing the new AD hires, same thing. Trev Alberts was an afterthought in his speech at media days.

The fact that the black AD at Ohio St had no idea who he was or that he was even a final candidate for the position tells me that it wasn't just a merit based hire. That doesn't mean his qualifications aren't sufficient, it just means he very well may have got the job because he is black.

Just to make it political and to get under your skin a bit, Trumps kids are all very well educated and smart people. All have been involved in his businesses for years. I would say that there are probably still people that would do a better job than them, but they got the jobs because they were Trump's kids. Doesn't mean they aren't qualified though.
Perhaps the B1G wanted a black commissioner. A rather sizable percentage of the athletes are black, as are many influential alums of member schools. Would have the skin color of whatever white B1G athletics crony hired instead of Warren been a key factor in coming to different decisions?
 
I didn’t see his presser, but the B1G did institute a voter registration initiative. It’s good that the conference is pro voting. I didn’t know voting was a partisan issue. By the way, the conference also has an anti-racism initiative. Is that a partisan politics thing? Shouldn’t we all be anti-racist?
of course.
but hes getting piled on because of conf decision to not play, then to delay last year.
and now, it looks like b1g got caught looking the otherway and the sec ends up holding all the cards.
fsu and clemson motioned the sec it appears, but may have been turned away.
its good to be the king.
 
I didn’t see his presser, but the B1G did institute a voter registration initiative. It’s good that the conference is pro voting. I didn’t know voting was a partisan issue. By the way, the conference also has an anti-racism initiative. Is that a partisan politics thing? Shouldn’t we all be anti-racist?
Not to use stereotypes, but black voters are known to mainly vote for one party. And given the political climate at the time and that he made sure to state the color of the students he wants to vote, it seemed politically partisan to me.
As for the anti-racism initiative, if it was instituted several years ago it’d probably be great, but now-a-days, racism is not based around discrimination based on *ANY* skin color or race. Now it’s only racism if any criticism is directed towards a person of one single color/race.
 
Perhaps the B1G wanted a black commissioner. A rather sizable percentage of the athletes are black, as are many influential alums of member schools. Would have the skin color of whatever white B1G athletics crony hired instead of Warren been a key factor in coming to different decisions?
So the white guy is a crony but the black guy is a representation of the athlete? And perhaps, the white crony in the SEC seems to be making a lot of good decisions.
 
I didn’t see his presser, but the B1G did institute a voter registration initiative. It’s good that the conference is pro voting. I didn’t know voting was a partisan issue. By the way, the conference also has an anti-racism initiative. Is that a partisan politics thing? Shouldn’t we all be anti-racist?
Please with the gaslighting. What does having an anti-racism initiative have to do with his hire? If they didn't hire a person of color than they are all racists?

There is nothing wrong with a voter registration initiative, but the commissioner of the league shouldn't have put race into it by specifically telling black athletes to get out and vote. Wouldn't that fall into the anti-racism initiative. Shouldn't he have just told all the athletes to get out and vote?
 
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Please with the gaslighting. What does having an anti-racism initiative have to do with his hire? If they didn't hire a person of color than they are all racists?

There is nothing wrong with a voter registration initiative, but the commissioner of the league shouldn't have put race into it by specifically telling black athletes to get out and vote. Wouldn't that fall into the anti-racism initiative. Shouldn't he have just told all the athletes to get out and vote?
I find it odd that anyone cares that Warren told a group of young black men to vote. The anti racism initiative has nothing to do with his hire, as that was announced by Warren following the George Floyd incident.
 
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I find it odd that anyone cares that Warren told a group of young black men to vote. The anti racism initiative has nothing to do with his hire, as that was announced by Warren following the George Floyd incident.
So you wouldn't have a problem if the white crony told all the white kids to get out and vote.
 
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So you wouldn't have a problem if the white crony told all the white kids to get out and vote.
If the white crony and the white kids in prior eras had been selectively disenfranchised of the vote for decades and had in present time had laws designed to interfere with the exercise of their right (laws described by a federal judge as being written “with almost surgical precision”) passed, then no, I would not.
 
If the white crony and the white kids in prior eras had been selectively disenfranchised of the vote for decades and had in present time had laws designed to interfere with the exercise of their right (laws described by a federal judge as being written “with almost surgical precision”) passed, then no, I would not.
please. There are literally zero laws that would stop a college kid from going to the polling location in the Nebraska student union. Most every campus has a polling location. There are also programs on the campus that will help you to get your absentee ballot.

If one is inclined to vote, it isn't hard to do.
 
Maybe.. ND Law, Greenberg Traurig, NFL, his qualifications are sufficient. Some on the board think he’s an unqualified black guy. Certainly possible the job might not be a fit for him, but that isn’t because of the color of his skin. He’s relatively new at the job. Covid and the realignment stuff would have challenged Delany and he had a boatload of experience.
His resume isn't qualification to be the B1G commissioner. I would have expected and hoped that his resume would have included some time as an administrator in college athletics preferrable as an AD at a power 5 program. His vision for the B1G seems to have included using it as a tool to advance a social and political agenda. He stated publicly that he was going to use his position to make a difference in this last election cycle. He has demonstrated a complete lack of vision for the advancement of B1G athletics. Those are problems. He fit what the university presidents wanted and not what their ADs wanted and needed.
 
How do you know Warren was hired because of his race? Because he’s black? Took a look at his Wiki page and the dude is highly accomplished.
Because in this progressive utopia where everything is about skin color (amongst several other physical attributes), that is what everyone has been trained to believe. MLK Jr is beaming with pride to see his dream of character over skin color realized (sarcasm for those not following).

Meanwhile, if you see a person of Asian or Indian background in a position of power - you do not question it. They are minorities who have NOT relied on special education programs to tell the world how difficult life is. They seem to be quite fine that college and professional athletics are overwhelmingly represented by one minority group who comprises of 12-13% of the US population.
 
I didn’t see his presser, but the B1G did institute a voter registration initiative. It’s good that the conference is pro voting. I didn’t know voting was a partisan issue. By the way, the conference also has an anti-racism initiative. Is that a partisan politics thing? Shouldn’t we all be anti-racist?
 
I didn’t see his presser, but the B1G did institute a voter registration initiative. It’s good that the conference is pro voting. I didn’t know voting was a partisan issue. By the way, the conference also has an anti-racism initiative. Is that a partisan politics thing? Shouldn’t we all be anti-racist?
When you only state that you want to increase black student voter registration and use the term "anti-racism", that is a problem. If you can't understand that then you have a problem. I am sick and tired of the reverse discrimination that is running rampant in this country. If you're a black student the standard for acceptance in to medical schools and MCAT score in this country is significantly less than if you're a white female. White males are expected to have an MCAT score significantly higher yet than white females. The white male is being attacked and neutered from all kinds of different angles.
 
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If the white crony and the white kids in prior eras had been selectively disenfranchised of the vote for decades and had in present time had laws designed to interfere with the exercise of their right (laws described by a federal judge as being written “with almost surgical precision”) passed, then no, I would not.


You have to do things like show your SSN - my goodness - that is racist!!!
 
Not in this political environment, the presidents are going to pull a Bill Moos and extend him now.
Watching Warren's B1G Network interview during the conference preview was just sad. He was clearly on the defensive and could hardly form a complete sentence at least part of the time. He's in way over his head and doesn't have or can't convey a message for B1G athletics. It's unimaginable that the university presidents thought this guy was up to the task. This is the face and leader of our conference? He's a political puppet with no vision for or say in the future of B1G sports.
 
Watching Warren's B1G Network interview during the conference preview was just sad. He was clearly on the defensive and could hardly form a complete sentence at least part of the time. He's in way over his head and doesn't have or can't convey a message for B1G athletics. It's unimaginable that the university presidents thought this guy was up to the task. This is the face and leader of our conference? He's a political puppet with no vision for or say in the future of B1G sports.
Yup, he's a stooge. I couldnt care less about his accomplishments if he's not a strong leader.
 
When you only state that you want to increase black student voter registration and use the term "anti-racism", that is a problem. If you can't understand that then you have a problem. I am sick and tired of the reverse discrimination that is running rampant in this country. If you're a black student the standard for acceptance in to medical schools and MCAT score in this country is significantly less than if you're a white female. White males are expected to have an MCAT score significantly higher yet than white females. The white male is being attacked and neutered from all kinds of different angles.
Cue the Beav with his "oh you poor white people" response as he/she/they swing and miss
 
Nebraska would be wise to remember what it's like to live in a conference with an inept commissioner.

If the leadership of Nebraska has any kind of pulse, they should at least have some sort of rainy day move to the SEC exit plan, just in case.

If the SEC is successful on building a new football league, those on the outside, will cease to remain viable. You would think Michigan, Ohio State, and possibly Penn State would quietly already have similar shtf exit plans.
 
it all depends if the sec is going to raid the acc.
if they do it's basically going to 2 leagues
the sec/acc....big/pac 12

the disney dream of fsu, clemson, ohio state, michigan, usc, oregon joining the sec...seems kinda silly
cause if you have a league like that, soon a lot of them team will become doormats....
I suppose the nfl supports doormats....but there's already a nfl...and the xfl folded.

I don't think baylor, tt, tcu, houston,smu, rice, fan is going to wake up and become horn or aggie fan.

nor will stanford and ucla fan become usc fan....

especially 3-10 horn, aggie or usc fan.

so I'm not really sure what the sec disney thing is thinking, long term....
I suppose quick buck short term they will make money with big name matchups...
(like how we play ohio state more than any other big team)

but how long does that last?
it's like the quantitative easing plan

and if you do tank washington state, ksu, purdue, etc football
does that mean you tank all of their title x sports also?

maybe I'm just bud fox and don't understand these things..
 
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If the white crony and the white kids in prior eras had been selectively disenfranchised of the vote for decades and had in present time had laws designed to interfere with the exercise of their right (laws described by a federal judge as being written “with almost surgical precision”) passed, then no, I would not.
I'm just asking that they (whatever race) have a voter ID, if they can walk and chew gum at the same time they should be able to swing an ID
 
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