What's an "athletic decision maker"??

I don't care what size or level a college, school, or university is ... ALL decisions, athletic or not, are made by get same few people: the president and the board of directors (this board has lots of different names across the country, but essentially that is what they are).

These few people make all the decisions relevant to the institution, and they're always made in the school's best interest in at least some sense, usually at least financially if nothing else, using the best information available at that time.