John, Not sure which I enjoy more: your tales of the family Canzano or your musings on the Pac 12. Keep up the excellent work. You and John Wilner have correctly pointed to Larry Scott as the author of the demise of the Pac 12 as we know it. He was horrible in every way as a Commissioner with the exception of his limitless ability to …
John, Not sure which I enjoy more: your tales of the family Canzano or your musings on the Pac 12. Keep up the excellent work. You and John Wilner have correctly pointed to Larry Scott as the author of the demise of the Pac 12 as we know it. He was horrible in every way as a Commissioner with the exception of his limitless ability to sell himself, obtain an excessive salary (with raises that could not have been based on performance) and shower himself with fringe benefits that would make a Saudi prince blush. However, the Conference CEOs bear a huge amount of the blame for the demise of the Pac 12 as a result of their failure to act to remove Scott year after year after year when his failures were all too apparent and the Conference was falling further and further behind the SEC and Big 10. They apparently cared less about football than Scott despite the fact that it is the financial engine that drives big time college athletics. It's a sad circumstance that has lead SC and UCLA to leave the Conference, but one that could have been avoided with effective management by a qualify commissioner (such as Kliavkoff) and reasonable oversight, attention and action by the University CEOs. Ironic that that Pac 12 Conference will now be going the way of Scott's "cutting edge" brain child, the Pac 12 Network. Thank you, Larry. Thank you University CEOs.
John, Not sure which I enjoy more: your tales of the family Canzano or your musings on the Pac 12. Keep up the excellent work. You and John Wilner have correctly pointed to Larry Scott as the author of the demise of the Pac 12 as we know it. He was horrible in every way as a Commissioner with the exception of his limitless ability to sell himself, obtain an excessive salary (with raises that could not have been based on performance) and shower himself with fringe benefits that would make a Saudi prince blush. However, the Conference CEOs bear a huge amount of the blame for the demise of the Pac 12 as a result of their failure to act to remove Scott year after year after year when his failures were all too apparent and the Conference was falling further and further behind the SEC and Big 10. They apparently cared less about football than Scott despite the fact that it is the financial engine that drives big time college athletics. It's a sad circumstance that has lead SC and UCLA to leave the Conference, but one that could have been avoided with effective management by a qualify commissioner (such as Kliavkoff) and reasonable oversight, attention and action by the University CEOs. Ironic that that Pac 12 Conference will now be going the way of Scott's "cutting edge" brain child, the Pac 12 Network. Thank you, Larry. Thank you University CEOs.