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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 4534902, member: 1737"] UCF was invited to join the Big 12 when Bob Bowlsby was the commissioner. The new commissioner, Brett Yormark, has a basketball background. That has been mentioned in the rumor of the Big 12 and the Big East. From wikipedia: Yormark started his professional career working in various positions in sports and entertainment. In the early 90s, he began selling TV time to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Midwest']Upper Midwest[/URL] sports teams at Katz Sports in New York, where he acquired and managed the broadcast sales rights for several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association']NBA[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball']MLB[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League']NHL[/URL] teams, which included the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers']Brewers[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks']Bucks[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves']Timberwolves[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Wild']Wild[/URL]. Yormark then moved on to sell sponsorships for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Pistons']Detroit Pistons[/URL] and with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_Sports_and_Entertainment']Palace Sports and Entertainment[/URL] as a senior account executive. In 1998, he got a position with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR']NASCAR[/URL] as a director of corporate marketing and helped open an office in New York to expand the sport nationally. With NASCAR, he went on to become vice president of corporate marketing and helped successfully negotiate a massive 10-year, $750 million sponsorship deal.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Yormark#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] In 2005, then Nets owner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Ratner']Bruce Ratner[/URL] hired Yormark to help transform the Nets into a world-class organization and a more popular, modern, and contemporary brand. Yormark helped manage the franchise's transition from New Jersey to Brooklyn, and led the marketing and operations functions of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclays_Center']Barclays Center[/URL], which opened in 2012. He spent 14 years with the Nets organization as CEO of Brooklyn Sports Entertainment. He negotiated several marquee deals for the Barclays Center, including with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Islanders']New York Islanders[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship']UFC[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament']NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_men%27s_basketball_tournament']ACC men's basketball tournament[/URL], and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_10_men%27s_basketball_tournament']Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament[/URL]. Under Yormark’s leadership, the Barclays Center placed annually in the top ten of all entertainment venues world-wide for ticket sales.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Yormark#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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