Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby suggested during his state of the league address during Big 12 Media Day that new federations be established to separate sports.
?It?s probably unrealistic to think that we can manage football and field hockey by the same set of rules,? Bowlsby said, according to ESPN.com. ?I think some kind of reconfiguration of how we govern is in order.?
At this juncture, Bowlsby contends, the commissioners of the five major leagues are in agreement that change is not only necessary, but imminent.
?This is not a time when trimming around the hedges is going to make very much difference,? he said.
That change, he said, does not include conferences separating from the rest of the NCAA.
?I have not heard from a single commissioner or even athletic directors on an individual basis that believe another organization other than the NCAA is the right approach for us,? Bowlsby said, according to ESPN.com.
At ACC Media Days, commissioner John Swofford echoed Bowlsby?s sentiment that hard, transformative work is ahead for the NCAA.
But while Bowlsby does not see anyone pulling away from the NCAA, Swofford told USA Today that the forming of a ?super division? comprised of the major leagues would be preferable to seceding from the NCAA.
?That?s a potential way of making a chance that would basically retain the fundamental NCAA oversight and umbrella, if you will,? Swofford told USA Today. ?If the five conferences were to break off, I mean, that?s a complicated move. You?d have to, in essence, duplicate the NCAA in some form or fashion, and then what does that mean for intercollegiate athletics? So if you?ve got another division, if that?s the answer within the NCAA, you can maneuver and find an appropriate way, I think, to address those kinds of issues.?
The NCAA has essentially been run by its Board of Directors, comprised of university presidents. NCAA president Mark Emmert said this summer that he is putting together a commission of athletic directors to help make the governance process more inclusive.
?I do think we?ve missed the boat in this new structure in terms of keeping people who really know college athletics and deal with it every day and know its nuances,? Swofford told the paper.
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