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Last updated on: 4/9/2010 12:50:17 PM PST College Football - Playoffs vs. BCS Home Page > Source Biographies > >Tom Hansen

Tom Hansen Biography

Title: Former Commissioner of the Pacific-10 Conference
Position: Con to the question "Should College Football Replace the Bowl Championship Series (BCS)
with a Playoff System?
"
Reasoning:
"Members of the Football Bowl Subdivision, by a wide majority, prefer a bowl system where 6,800 young people get to have a post-season experience... People talk about a one-game playoff or a four-team playoff -- it can't happen... You couldn't possibly travel teams week by week to a neutral site -- the NFL doesn't even do that...

So there are so many negatives to a playoff, to say nothing of probably the most important one which is the presidents do not want football being played into the second semester. It's not just missing class. It's the impact it has on the academic program of the institution."

Interview with Ted Miller, ESPN.com, July 1, 2009
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:  Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to sports policy. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to college football legislation.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Commissioner of the Pacific-10 Conference, 1983-2009
  • Member, Board of Directors of the Northern California Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame
  • Recipient, Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award, National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, 2001
  • Recipient, Award for Administrative Excellence, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), 1994
  • Former President of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA)
  • Former member, Board of Directors of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
  • Assistant Executive Director, NCAA, 1971-1983
  • Director of Public Relations, NCAA, 1967-1971
  • Former Director of Public Relations for the Pac-10 (then the AAWU), 1960-1967
  • Staff reporter, Columbian, 1959-1960
  • Education:
  • BA, University of Washington, 1959
  • Other:
  • Full name is Thomas C. Hansen

    NCAA Committee memberships:

  • Gender Equity Task Force
  • Division I Task Force on Restructuring
  • Chair, contest exemptions committee
  • Nominating and Special Events Committees
  • Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee
  • Amateurism Clearinghouse Advisory Group
  • Chair, NCAA Football
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