Jack Swarbrick would make one hell of a good commissioner, but old school ACC politics will preclude that possibility.

Jurich can always hire a good PR person! The strength of Jurich is his sound decisions, honor, integrity, and drive to get the job done right!

(10-30-2014 07:23 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  Jurich can always hire a good PR person! The strength of Jurich is his sound decisions, honor, integrity, and drive to get the job done right!

Forget being the Commissioner of the ACC...The NFL could use Jurich....they don't have those qualities in Roger Goodell right now...

Maize, I hope Tom stays to retire at Louisville.

(10-30-2014 07:48 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  Maize, I hope Tom stays to retire at Louisville.

We all do...

(10-30-2014 07:48 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  Maize, I hope Tom stays to retire at Louisville.

It's His House of Cards ! He's not leaving unless say He could remain in Louisville and be Commissioner from here.

(10-27-2014 06:26 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  My issues wishlist:
- Must be willing to fight SECSPN
- Must be willing to aggressively package and sell all rights including a full online distribution subscription model like MLB.com ... EVEN IF THAT MEANS NOT USING RAYCOM.
- Must want to continue to guide ND toward full membership and thus ...
- Must not be related in any fashion to ND
- Must have a track record of success in multiple major sports at a major program, preferably in the southeast.
- Must detest and want to ultimately eliminate the NCAA
- Must support playing post-season collegiate games of all sports and levels in the state of South Carolina
- Must be against Title IX
- Must understand that football drives the bus, but must not be willing to throw away everything else and academics in the process.

Thoughts:
1. Cannot be aggressive against ESPN. There is nothing good that can come of that. It has the contract for awhile and is the biggest sports outlet. When contract ends, be open to going to others, but a big mistake to leave it entirely.

2. Agree have to be willing to leave Raycom.

3. Any attempt to lure Notre Dame in the next 2 decades is doomed to failure. I won't say further out for sure, but until college football itself declines I don't see any way. The Irish are in the ACC with the current agreements because it allows them to keep football independence. It's cherished by the alumni and fought hard to protect. It's also simply too big a part of Notre Dame's identity at this point. If things eventually change, great, but working to make them change is wasting time imo.

(10-30-2014 09:20 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  

(10-30-2014 07:48 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  Maize, I hope Tom stays to retire at Louisville.

It's His House of Cards ! He's not leaving unless say He could remain in Louisville and be Commissioner from here.

Yeah, we kind of already have that with Swoff, thus the spirit behind this thread.

Swofford isn't going anywhere.

But this "fight ESPN stuff" is pure garbage. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Have you seen ratings for FOX? Not even going to mention the ratings for FS1 because they are to small to see. ESPN is the best friend the ACC could ever have, and if the football continues to turn around, ESPN will be the one you want selling it.

Having a hard time convincing the world that ACC football is actually pretty good? Try doing that playing your games on FOX or on some subscription internet stream. Come on.

I have ZERO problem with fans or other journalists or bloggers trying to hold ESPN's feet to the fire over SEC bias, because I think there is some there there. But the idea that you are going to fight ESPN by reducing your exposure on televised, as well as all the ancillary college football media that ESPN has basically cornered the market on, patently absurd.

I questioned it hard at the time because I think I cost us a little money, but maybe Swofford's only true visionary move was not going with FOX. This conference, if it was playing on FOX now, would be in a much, much worse position.

(10-30-2014 11:14 AM)ohio1317 Wrote:  

(10-27-2014 06:26 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  My issues wishlist:
- Must be willing to fight SECSPN
- Must be willing to aggressively package and sell all rights including a full online distribution subscription model like MLB.com ... EVEN IF THAT MEANS NOT USING RAYCOM.
- Must want to continue to guide ND toward full membership and thus ...
- Must not be related in any fashion to ND
- Must have a track record of success in multiple major sports at a major program, preferably in the southeast.
- Must detest and want to ultimately eliminate the NCAA
- Must support playing post-season collegiate games of all sports and levels in the state of South Carolina
- Must be against Title IX
- Must understand that football drives the bus, but must not be willing to throw away everything else and academics in the process.

Thoughts:
1. Cannot be aggressive against ESPN. There is nothing good that can come of that. It has the contract for awhile and is the biggest sports outlet. When contract ends, be open to going to others, but a big mistake to leave it entirely.

2. Agree have to be willing to leave Raycom.

3. Any attempt to lure Notre Dame in the next 2 decades is doomed to failure. I won't say further out for sure, but until college football itself declines I don't see any way. The Irish are in the ACC with the current agreements because it allows them to keep football independence. It's cherished by the alumni and fought hard to protect. It's also simply too big a part of Notre Dame's identity at this point. If things eventually change, great, but working to make them change is wasting time imo.

You may be aware that I have loathed the Big Ten, including Ohio State, for fifty years.

But, you have always been a very reasonable and level headed poster (and not just because of your point #3) above.

In a world lacking in civility, you are always a gentleman. Two rep points for you.

The Va NC allegiance is strong, He's got unquestionable support from the president of UVA, VT, UNC, NC STATE, DUKE, WAKE, its enough of the heavy hitters to prevent any comments from the out laying programs far from the mid atlantic.

(10-27-2014 06:26 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  So, if you do the math on UN[C]heat ..... Swofford was AD all the way until 1997. So he was at the helm for several years, including the years when this all started.

As far as I am concerned, if guilty (which UNC looks very very much so right now), Swofford should HAVE to step down. You can't run a conference if that was what happened when you ran a school. So who would be the replacement?

My issues wishlist:
- Must be willing to fight SECSPN
- Must be willing to aggressively package and sell all rights including a full online distribution subscription model like MLB.com ... EVEN IF THAT MEANS NOT USING RAYCOM.
- Must want to continue to guide ND toward full membership and thus ...
- Must not be related in any fashion to ND
- Must have a track record of success in multiple major sports at a major program, preferably in the southeast.
- Must detest and want to ultimately eliminate the NCAA
- Must support playing post-season collegiate games of all sports and levels in the state of South Carolina
- Must be against Title IX
- Must understand that football drives the bus, but must not be willing to throw away everything else and academics in the process.

(10-31-2014 04:28 PM)Fburghokie Wrote:  The Va NC allegiance is strong, He's got unquestionable support from the president of UVA, VT, UNC, NC STATE, DUKE, WAKE, its enough of the heavy hitters to prevent any comments from the out laying programs far from the mid atlantic.

(10-27-2014 06:26 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  So, if you do the math on UN[C]heat ..... Swofford was AD all the way until 1997. So he was at the helm for several years, including the years when this all started.

As far as I am concerned, if guilty (which UNC looks very very much so right now), Swofford should HAVE to step down. You can't run a conference if that was what happened when you ran a school. So who would be the replacement?

My issues wishlist:
- Must be willing to fight SECSPN
- Must be willing to aggressively package and sell all rights including a full online distribution subscription model like MLB.com ... EVEN IF THAT MEANS NOT USING RAYCOM.
- Must want to continue to guide ND toward full membership and thus ...
- Must not be related in any fashion to ND
- Must have a track record of success in multiple major sports at a major program, preferably in the southeast.
- Must detest and want to ultimately eliminate the NCAA
- Must support playing post-season collegiate games of all sports and levels in the state of South Carolina
- Must be against Title IX
- Must understand that football drives the bus, but must not be willing to throw away everything else and academics in the process.

No, the "unquestionable" support is just from UNC-Ch, UVa, and Duke. Don't lump VT, NCSU, and WF into that group.