The Conference Commissioner Performance Review

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Host emeritus Steven Godfrey joins Alex for this subscriber episode. College football’s conference commissioners are all over the microphone right now. How many of them actually have things to do, and how many of them are trying to look like they have agency while the world closes in on them?

- 0:25: Who are media days for in 2026? Well, the commissioners.

- 2:21: How Mike Slive created the modern commissioner’s state of the union

- 5:25: Brett Yormark’s problem at the Big 12’s kickoff event

- 12:35: Why the Big Ten and SEC commissioners are so busy at the moment

- 20:45: Quiet on the ACC front

- 23:26: Does the sport need all these commissioners?

Producer: Anthony Vito