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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That's absolutely vital. The suite revenue, along with the club seats, paid for everything, 100 percent.
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There were a lot of elements to this. It wasn't just recent results. I've been contemplating looking at this situation real seriously for the last three, four months.
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They called and notified me they'd like to talk with Steve and I noted their interest. That's all there was to it.
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The challenges there are much the same as the challenges here, but there are also some major differences. Stanford isn't as dependent on gate receipts as Iowa (for example).
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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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Many have Iowa ties, but not everyone. My preference is someone with Iowa ties and roots.
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Because it's got all 11 Big Ten teams, and however many MAC teams, it's taking a while to work it out,
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He has exactly the kind of fierce competitive spirit that we're looking for. I think he's exactly the right guy to put Iowa back on the traditional pedestal that we've enjoyed over so many years.
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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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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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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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There are certainly more teams that are in the pool for consideration than any year I've been involved, ... I'm sure given some of the upsets and the things that have gone on already this year, there will be many people who are making a case for themselves that they should be in the tournament field where they might have been left out in the past.
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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,