PAC-12 Efforts To Hire New Commissioner Are Not Going Well

Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: PAC 12 logo under a Nike shoe before the Oregon Ducks play the USC Trojans at Galen Center on February 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.There have been two interesting national news stories this week with things in common: the re-hiring if you will of NCAA President Mark Emmert and the frustration of the PAC-12 as it searches for a new commissioner.

The Emmert story is interesting because the NCAA is trying to figure out how to maintain power and wealth with a guy who is demonstrably inadequate and who has alienated people. The PAC-12 is trying to replace a guy in Larry Scott who has screwed up finances and alienated many…