When You Think Of The NCAA, Think Of Paul Tagliabue
by Sean Keeley on Apr 21, 2010 5:09 PM EDT
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Finally, the Big East has expanded...it's list of advisers by bringing in former NFL commish Paul Tagliabue to help sort out, well...something.
Paul Tagliabue, the Commissioner of the NFL from 1989 until 2006, will serve as a Special Advisor to the BIG EAST Conference to provide strategic advice on future television arrangements and other priority matters, BIG EAST Commissioner John Marinatto announced. Tagliabue, who currently chairs the Board of Directors of BIG EAST member Georgetown University, will serve the BIG EAST on a volunteer basis.
"Other priority matters?" Is that what we're calling this now?
Quick, give me reason to feel like the guy who ran the NFL for 17 years is the right guy to save the Big East:
- He's a Northeastern guy (Born in Jersey City)
- He's a Big East guy (Georgetown '62)
- He's a lawyer. You always need a lawyer.
- He knows a thing or two about expansion (The NFL expanded four times and three teams relocated under his watch).
- He knows how to talk TV contracts (If, you know, someone wanted to start up a network or something like that).
- He doesn't know what to do with Los Angeles (A moot point for us!)
As for what Tags plans on doing about our "priority matters," that remains to be seen. However Twitter has a couple ideas on what we might expect...
Start new Big East teams in Maine, New Hampshire and Delaware to tap into under-served regional markets #TagliabueIdeas
Re-name Rutgers "The University of Almost in New York City", Syracuse "The University of Almost in Canada" #TagliabueIdeas
Every Big East school moves to New York City #TagliabueIdeas
St. Provanova Hall @JohnRadcliff Combine St. John's, Seton Hall, Nova, and Prov into 1 school to attract more bball schools. #TagliabueIdeas
A Big East team in Toronto by 2015 #TagliabueIdeas
Rutgers retains the rights to the name "Fred Hill" for its next coach #TagliabueIdeas
Big East arena football at Madison Square Garden #Tagliabueideas
The New York City Blue Demons of DePaul #Tagliabueideas
Live on ESPN for 48 consecutive hours, the Big East Conference Member Draft (DePaul need not apply). #TagliabueIdeas
Allow senile AD to move campus back and forth between two cities while suing everyone #Tagliabueideas
South Florida basketball every year on Thanksgiving afternoon. #Tagliabueideas
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So we've got a Providence guy and a Georgetown guy
in charge of figuring out the football future of the Big East. Well, this can’t possibly be bad for the football schools.
by DMF on Apr 21, 2010 5:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
At least Tagliabue is aware that football exists as a sport.
I’m not so sure we can say the same for Marinatto.
Here is a troubling thought:
If Tagliabue somehow turns this around and guides the Big East into all the right decisions, does that mean we have to appreciate a Georgetown grad? I mean, I’ve appreciated other Hoyas (though not many), but usually for things like them playing for my favorite team (Iverson).
Marinatto Must Go
I think this is Marinatto’s admission that he doesn’t know the first thing about running a football league. After months of alternately sitting on his thumb and sucking it, he’s bowed to external pressure and done SOMETHING other than bending over and grabbing his ankles waiting for Delaney to make his move. This is a fine example of incompetent leadership. Too little, too late.
Orange you glad it's not football season?
Hmmm
Wink wink nudge nudge smoke signal smoke signal.
Big East has finally realized they are entering a high leverage situation with Big Ten and now realizing after the cloud of smoke whaffed the BEC Conference room.
Well that is how I am imagine it went down.
Personally I am fine with the ACC or Big Ten
As long as they’re not left behind the new situation will be an upgrade. Normally I hate change too but I don’t see why we should be that invested in saving the Big East
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