Bob Bowlsby
Bob Bowlsby
Robert Addison "Bob" Bowlsbyis the fourth commissioner of the Big 12 Conference replacing Dan Beebe. Prior to that position, he served as the athletic director at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, and Stanford University...
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Big Ten teams are sort of going on the road and playing -- not home games at the other place -- but neutral sites, where both teams can benefit financially.
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The temptation is to begin drawing conclusions, and I think that's a real mistake, because lots of things happen in the month of February and the conference tournaments, ... The process is best served by doing some background work and not coming to any conclusions.
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That's the way it's got to be these days. When we have an upswing in revenue from playing in postseason games, we share.
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That's the way it's got to be these days, ... When we have an upswing in revenue from playing in postseason games, we share.
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We don't even know who was involved yet. The first step is to find out who was involved. In the grand scheme of things, it's likely not all that serious.
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Those contracts are usually about the worth of the ink they're written in (though).
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We've done some sportsmanship initiatives and we've done some collaborative officiating things with the MAC, and one of the things we're doing is some scheduling stuff,
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Of all the changes we could make, the one with regard to home-versus-away games is one that your gut tells you should be incorporated, ... How we do that and in what proportions is yet to be determined, but I think it's fair to say that most people's intuition is that there ought to be some weighting for road wins.
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You have to pay what the market bears, ... and in that regard, we are no different than any other business or industry. We compete at the hospital for researchers, and we compete in a lot of areas on campus for the best people.
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This will be one of the most gratifying professional experiences you will ever have.
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We will move just as quickly and efficiently as we can to focus on those candidates around the country who possess the talent and experience to lead our program back to its traditional position of prominence within the Big Ten and at the national level.
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There could be more to it than we know, but I would be shocked if it is more than a minor deal.
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We can talk until we're blue in the face, but the fact is that it's a blunt instrument. The RPI is just one of a great many tools that we use.
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That's absolutely vital. The suite revenue, along with the club seats, paid for everything, 100 percent.