The IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum

[UConnJim]

This is one of the biggest gathering of college ADs, Presidents, conference commissioners, and media people and it is being held today and tomorrow at the Marriott Marquis in NYC. It follows the national Football Foundation Awards Dinner that was held last night at the Waldorff in NYC, which is a must attend event for college coaches and ADs.

If anyone is interested, I have linked the IMG Forum Agenda as the topics are very relevant to anyone interested in college football. Herbst and Manuel spoke last year.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/...3-Intercollegiate-Athletics-Forum/Agenda.aspx

 

[weyuo]

Man I'd love to be a fly on the wall between 10:45 and 12:15 of that gathering.

 

[weyuo]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/sports/ncaa-change-is-coming-maybe.html?_r=0

This part of the article in particular was interesting:

■ The N.C.A.A. will not pay players, will not consider paying players and will not entertain the notion of paying players — never, ever, no matter how much revenue is generated. This notion came up a few hundred times, until it became clear that “student-athletes” would be paid only when, if, the N.C.A.A. is forced to do so by legislators or the courts.

■ Reform would probably not include a new N.C.A.A. division, but instead would grant more autonomy in making decisions to the universities in the five major conferences. This came up a few dozen times and tied directly into athletic directors’ being more involved. (The right idea, opposed by few.)

■ The N.C.A.A., the conference commissioners and officials from member universities feel unfairly picked on, or inaccurately characterized. They kept saying they had done a poor job of communicating what they do well, that they allowed the negative aspects of the narrative to overwhelm a greater body of work. This came up a few times.