Charlie Baker as president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association? very?
Yes, it is.and it is excellent choice By an organization that cannot afford to make this mistake.
The departing Massachusetts governor was a forward on Harvard’s basketball team, but the job isn’t about athleticism. It’s not even about sports.
It’s about reconciliation and reconciliation. It’s about navigating the complexities of politics, cultural movements and corporate influence.
It is accepting the reality of a dramatically evolving and changing college sports environment that threatens to drive the NCAA to extinction or irrelevance altogether.
Organizations that once operated as authoritarian institutions have been at odds with key politicians. It is on the losing end of the Supreme Court decision. The NCAA has only recently realized, not by choice, that it must respond to a larger and changing environment. It is a place where more equity is sought for women, where the law is not an option and college athletes have the right to market themselves and move freely from one institution to another. It’s the place.
Baker’s most important meetings don’t take place on Center Court or the Rose Bowl, but at meetings with governors, corporate sponsors, advocacy groups, and members of Congress.
His experience in Massachusetts politics and his personal approach to bridging differences rather than polarizing constituencies has always been responsive to decisions dictated by courts, government, or social trends. It should stabilize the structure of the
The leadership of outgoing President Mark Emmert has been heavily criticized not only by outsiders and the media, but also by the organization itself, for allowing the NCAA to force events rather than take an active role in ushering in change. I came. Baker’s style calms many divided and factional aspects within the NCAA, allowing it to position the organization’s role within the multi-billion dollar collegiate sports industry.
As his term as governor comes to an end, Baker is at times frustrated by the challenges of partisan politics. Yes, this resigning governor seems eager, and seems well suited.
