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Gene Smith (AD The Ohio State, '10 AD of the Year, '13 NAAC Organizational Leadership Award)

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When the idea for home games in the expanded playoffs gets suddenly shoved aside, this will be the reason. Bowls own the AD's. They've been corrupting them with this kind of shit for decades, taking them on "working" cruises or flying them to annual "meetings" in the Bahamas.

I'm assuming the Gene is getting a nice little honorarium for serving on the Fiesta Bowl board. How is that not viewed as an utter and complete conflict of interest by Johnson and the Board?
 
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If anyone thinks the bowls haven't been plotting how to seize that first round of playoff games and the billions that go with it, they are being helplessly naive. I don't even fault the bowls; they're acting in their own self-interest to secure a billion dollar chunk of business. The AD's are beyond help. I blame the Presidents and university boards that seem happy to turn a blind eye to this naked conflict of interest (bribery for all intents and purposes) that causes AD's to put the interests of the bowls ahead of the interests of their own schools and the communities in which they are located.
 
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The thing is, you can be angry at Gene Smith for participating in this clear conflict of interest; but the truth is, if it wasn't him, it would be another AD from another major program. At least this way, tOSU's interests are much more likely to be protected/represented/voiced.
 
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AJHawkfan said:
The thing is, you can be angry at Gene Smith for participating in this clear conflict of interest; but the truth is, if it wasn't him, it would be another AD from another major program. At least this way, tOSU's interests are much more likely to be protected/represented/voiced.
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Considering that Gene has already been hinting that he's against home field or cold weather games, I'm not sure how much Ohio State's interests will be protected.

Agree that the problem is not Smith taking this spot, nor does it represent the singular blow to the possibility of home games. It's just a single symptom in a much larger pattern of the bowls compromising the integrity of the AD's that has been going on for years.
 
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Considering that Gene has already been hinting that he's against home field or cold weather games, I'm not sure how much Ohio State's interests will be protected.

Agree that the problem is not Smith taking this spot, nor does it represent the singular blow to the possibility of home games. It's just a single symptom in a much larger pattern of the bowls compromising the integrity of the AD's that has been going on for years.
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While the bowl's may be compromising the integrity of AD's, the bigger problem may be the manipulation of bowls by a particular sports entertainment network.
 
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Trevi said:
While the bowl's may be compromising the integrity of AD's, the bigger problem may be the manipulation of bowls by a particular sports entertainment network.
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Whole shitload of villains here: The greedy, manipulative Mouse, the desperate to maintain their relevance Bowls, the prostituted, on their knees Athletic Directors. The voice of reason needs to be the god damned Presidents and Boards. Are we going to get that from the SEC!? Hell fucking no. That's why I find a glimmer of hope for it in The Alliance. That, somehow, the academic schools are finally drawing a line in the sand "BEYOND WHICH YOU DO NOT CROSS" and saying enough is enough (despite the fact that they have athletic directors that have been slurping bowl cock for their entire life). Who knows where it goes from here, but if Gene Fucking Smith pushes to have first round games in an expanded playoff at the bowls instead of the campuses, I just might be done with the shitshow.
 
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'Just throwing ideas out,' Ohio State AD Gene Smith proposes FBS leagues operate under umbrella of the College Football Playoff with their own rules

With the collegiate landscape in the midst of sweeping changes and uncertainties, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith on Tuesday proposed the 10 FBS conferences operate under the umbrella of the College Football Playoff with their own rules and structure while the NCAA continues to host championships for basketball and Olympic sports.

Smith, who said he was "just throwing ideas out" in a brief interview with ESPN at the Big Ten spring meetings, said the schools that offer 85 scholarships "need different rules." He said they could create minimum standards for membership.

"We [can] create our own rules, create our own governance structure, have our own enforcement, we have our own requirements, whatever that might be," Smith said. " ... That might be in the medical space, for example, if a student-athlete is injured and hurt in his or her senior year. You take care of them when they're done until they're healed. And we have the funding in place to do that. You don't touch anything else with the NCAA. You keep the academic requirements in place. The reality is, those schools who offer 85 scholarships in football have made a different commitment and that needs to be addressed."

Smith said he's shared the idea with some of his peers and has received mixed reviews. His suggestion comes at a time when the NCAA and Big 12 are both searching for new leaders, the NCAA is restructuring its entire governance and weighty issues like name, image and likeness and the transfer portal have dominated discussions here.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...ella-college-football-playoff-their-own-rules
 
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  • "Excited, great opportunity for all of our athletes in the Big Ten conference, including USC and UCLA when they transfer in in 2024." Smith says he's excited about the "new diversity in our platforms.
  • Smith says having a "traditional, linear network is important," but that taking advantage of streaming platforms is also important.
  • Smith says the financial details aren't set yet, and that some numbers that are out there might just be projections based on the previous deal. "The money was huge."
  • Smith says "ABC and ESPN were great partners and we enjoyed tremendous success with them as partners. ... Gonna miss them, but we have new great platforms moving forward."
  • Kevin Warren made "unbelievable" moves as he "masterminded" the plan for the Big Ten's new media rights deal, Smith says.
  • Smith says the Big Ten is talking about no divisions, but that decision has not been finalized.
  • On the prospect of Big Ten athletes getting a piece of the new TV revenue: "Frankly, they're already getting a piece of the television revenue." Smith says the facilities and staff at Ohio State are "an investment in them."
  • Smith says as soon as "pay for play" starts, "I'm out."
  • "It's gonna be high-level excitement with CBS and NBC. ... Out of the shoot they're gonna be jacked up, they're gonna be brainstorming on ways to entertain the fans."
  • Smith says he and Chris Holtmann had a "great conversation" about scheduling future basketball games against programs that will still be on different networks, such as ESPN.
  • Smith says Ohio State's travel costs for all sports have "gone up significantly" in the past year. Smith says he's "praying" for a 12-team College Football Playoff
  • On Notre Dame: "I love my alma mater ... I assume we're gonna beat them on September 3rd like we have historically done." Smith says Notre Dame is "so ingrained in the independent culture."
  • On the Big Ten not having divisions, Smith says he would be in favor of doing so "next week."
 
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