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Larry Scott

Role(s) as quoted
  • Pac-12 commissioner
  • Pac-10 commissioner
Person type
Conference executives
Entries
4 (Jun 16, 2010 to 2018)
Topics
Pay, NIL & revenue sharing (3) Conference realignment (2) Governance & legislation (2) Structure: super league & divisions (1) Employment & unions (1)

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Larry Scott, Pac-10 commissioner · · BCS (2006-13) · permalink
“Number One, I think there was a tsunami of Texas political pressure from Texas A&M and Baylor”
Explained why his 16-team 'Pac-16' superconference plan with Texas and Oklahoma failed: Texas political pressure, national fear of dominoes, and Pac-10 principles such as equal revenue sharing.
Source: USA Today (Associated Press): Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott has no animosity toward Texas
Conference realignment Structure: super league & divisions
Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner · · 4-team CFP (2014-20) · permalink
“But there is absolutely no question that turning students into employees would take us in precisely the opposite direction that we need to go.”
Responding to the NLRB ruling on Northwestern players, Scott wrote that treating athletes as employees would be a terrible idea. Instead he called for NCAA reform with more academic support, better health care, and scholarships covering the full cost of attendance.
Source: USA Today (op-ed by Larry Scott): Wrong prescription for college sports: Column
Employment & unions Pay, NIL & revenue sharing Governance & legislation
Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner · · 4-team CFP (2014-20) · permalink
“And if it's different on each campus, so what?”
As the NCAA granted autonomy to the Power Five, Scott argued that cost-of-attendance stipends could differ from campus to campus, just as tuition, facilities and cost of living do.
Source: Los Angeles Times: NCAA approves more autonomy for 'Power Five' football conferences
Pay, NIL & revenue sharing Governance & legislation
Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner · · 4-team CFP (2014-20) · permalink
“to adapt, react and take advantage of this new world media order that's coming in a way others can't.”
Boasted around 2018 that the Pac-12 could exploit the 'new world media order' better than rivals, a claim AP noted aged badly after the 2023 collapse.
Source: Associated Press: Pac-12's downfall came after it could not adjust to changing media landscape
Conference realignment Pay, NIL & revenue sharing