The San Diego Union reports today on additional foot faults by the president (who treats the paper like a mushroom) of the hometown U, in her Conference Dance Challenge,viz:
The June 13 letter [of conference resignation], based on an open records search by On3.com from other conference campuses, apparently was not labeled as confidential. In a letter from Nevarez to the 11 other presidents the next day, she wrote: “Adela has just requested that Presidents not forward the letter to Athletic Directors to limit the chance of it becoming public. I’m guessing some may have already forwarded by now.”
The letter was soon leaked to ESPN.
“I was surprised the letter did not include a ‘confidential’ watermark,” Hawaii President David Lassner, who said he didn’t share it with his AD, wrote in an email to the other presidents, according to On3.com.
Then he don't know Adela, do he? But no worries dear Adela! Among the courses not taught at dear ol' SDSU is anything touching on accountability and as,
One conference source described the board as a “cordial group” that generally is not vindictive. …
the most likely outcome is,
The kumbaya scenario:
This is the most likely result, according to multiple sources on both sides. The Mountain West agrees that SDSU did not provide formal notice of departure or, if it did, rescinded it before the June 30 deadline (after which the $17 million exit fee would double). SDSU gets its $6.6 million check for 2022-23, and the two sides link arms, sing each other’s praises and move on.
I trust the reporting by the Union based on no familiarity with the newspaper whatsoever, on trust in other words, however but: I must say there is a disconsonant chord in kumbaya in the parts sung by Mountain commish Gloria Nevarez, who has said dear Adela did too withdraw from the conference; who withheld SDSU's share, $6M, of conference revenue as payment down on their exit fee; kicked Adela’s ass out of conference board meetings including the one today to decide SDSU's home. Disconsonant I say. Somebody is going to fall on their ass in this dance and Gloria has given every indication that she is determined that it not be her.
...speculation has centered on three possible outcomes [of which kumbaya was one and the pole favorite] Monday at a meeting called specifically to discuss SDSU’s status.
The good-riddance scenario:
The Mountain West plays hardball and kicks out the Aztecs, withholding its distribution shares this year and next year (as conference bylaws allow).[ed note: YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!]
Nobody thinks this will actually happen, [frowny face] because it would involve jettisoning your marquee member who just played in basketball’s national championship game and earned $10 million in NCAA Tournament shares for the conference. Also, television partners CBS and Fox might have something to say about that.
The ‘welcome back, but’ … scenario:
The Mountain West says SDSU can return but … with a financial penalty. That could be a flat fee — say, $1 million or $2 million — or reimbursement of the conference’s legal fees during the letter imbroglio.
SDSU, as counterintuitive as it sounds, might actually prefer this scenario because it could buy time by disputing it legally. And that’s why many think it won’t happen, because the Mountain West knows that.
In other conference news as reported by the Union:
Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff presented a loose framework of a potential deal to his presidents last month but no hard numbers, and sources are now saying it might not be completed before Labor Day.
🙄So everything’s back to normal on the Left Coast.
