Saving College Sports Roundtable

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The Roundtable met today in D.C. It is being reported that the President will be the Chair, along with Vice Chairs Gov. Ron DeSantis and New Yankees President Randy Levine. Interesting list of names expected to participate.

  • Val Ackerman, Big East commissioner
  • Charlie Baker, NCAA president
  • Pete Bevacqua, Notre Dame athletic director
  • David Blitzer, managing partner of New Jersey Devils
  • Cody Campbell, Texas Tech donor and board member
  • Gerry Cardinale, sports asset manager
  • Joe Castiglione, former Oklahoma athletic director
  • Jim Clements, former Clemson, West Virginia president
  • Ted Cruz, U.S Senator (Texas)
  • John Currie, Wake Forest athletic director
  • Ron DeSantis, Florida governor
  • Scott Dolson, Indiana athletic director
  • John Donahue, Stanford athletic director
  • Boris Epsthyen, Political advisor
  • Marc Ganis, Sports business expert
  • Doug Girod, Kansas chancellor
  • Jeff Gold, Nebraska president
  • Jonathan Kraft, New England Patriots president
  • Lou Lamoriello, former New York Islanders general manager
  • Urban Meyer, former Florida/Ohio State coach
  • Gloria Nevarez, Mountain West commissioner
  • Tim Pernetti, American Conference commissioner
  • Tony Petitti, Big Ten commissioner
  • Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner
  • Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN
  • Donde Plowman, Tennessee chancellor
  • Jamie Pollard, Iowa State athletic director
  • Taylor Randall, University of Utah president
  • Condolezza Rice, former Secretary of State
  • Nick Saban, former Alabama coach
  • Greg Sankey, SEC commissioner
  • Eric Schmitt, U.S. Senator (Missouri)
  • Eric Shanks, Fox Sports CEO
  • Adam Silver, NBA commissioner
  • Jack Swarbrick, former Notre Dame athletic director
  • Clay Travis, OutKick
  • Charlie Ward, former Heisman Trophy winner
  • Brett Yormark, Big 12 commissioner

Some articles have been critical that the Roundtable needs representation from students athletes. I agree but that is easily corrected. I hope the Roundtable invites them to participate.

It is impossible to link articles to summarize the proceedings because of the ban on the President’s name. Most of you are familiar with the issues. I need less talk from the talking heads and more action.

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What are they saving College football from?

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That must be one big round table to seat all of those folks.

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No direct UH representation :face_with_monocle::thinking:

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Two things Saban mentioned was players being older (25-26) playing against younger players and players being able to transfer year after year.

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Obviously, you must be kidding.

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Take swipe at it, what does College football need saving from?

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Why didn’t they just let Clay Travis solve it himself

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Good see Brett Yormark on that board, B12 inside the tent along with Campbell

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Comment from the Chairman of the Roundtable:

“I will have an executive order within one week, and it will be very all-encompassing. And we’re going to put it forward, and we’re going to get sued, and we’re going to see how it plays, OK, but I’ll have an executive order, which will solve every problem in this room, every conceivable problem, within one week, and we’ll put it forward. We will get sued. That’s the only thing I know for sure.”

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The USA Today article listed the following members directly tied to B12 schools: Cody Campbell, Texas Tech Board Member, Doug Girod, University of Kansas Chancellor, Jamie Pollard, Iowa St. University AD, and Taylor Randle, University of Utah President

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That’s good representation and knowing how transactional Prez is and Cody prepared to influence with money, B12 I believe is in a good place

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Saban let them all know what he thought about NIL and the portal and it wasn’t pretty.

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Here’s the plan that is likely to become a reality in some shape or form. Since the Big 12 is well represented the table, it’s not on the menu/

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Shouldn’t a mid to low major be represented also since their ones losing the most in this new age of college sports?

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Shouldn’t Tillman be at a meeting like this?

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Unfortunate that we were not represented. Clearly Tilman has DJT ear. That is the good news.

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An executive order is a performative step that will do nothing. The NIL era started with the Supreme Court ruling 9-0 that the NCAA has functionally no right to limit athlete compensation. I don’t think we’re likely to get five justices backtracking less than a decade later.

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So no one can actually articulate what college football needs saving from?

Here’s what i would change,
Coaches can’t leave their current schools until the end of the playoffs and no new hires by schools until then too

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Think Tillman would be the star of a show like this. And in the room looking out for the home team.

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