Steinbrecher Gets Two More Years

MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher has been given a two-year contract extension, meaning he is legally obligated to the be MAC Commissioner under the 2015-16 season.

Here's where they say why:

During his current two-year term as MAC Commissioner, Steinbrecher has expanded bowl opportunities for the conference and stabilized conference membership in football, increased national and regional television exposure, renegotiated the conference marketing rights agreement with ISP/IMG College and enhanced neutral site conference championships in basketball and volleyball.

Basically, this translates to more bowl games, adding UMASS, not losing any teams, the STO contract, getting a new deal to hold the hoops tourney at the Q, siting the volleyball tourney in Geneva, OH, and getting (I would expect) a better deal with ISP/IMG merged.

All of which are good things.  Especially with the financial situation today, anything that brings in revenue is important.  And, if you can't bring in revenue, than bringing in exposure is important, because the thinking is that exposure brings students, which brings revenue.

So, obviously the Presidents are happy with him.

My own two cents worth...

• Even though it hasn't shown results yet, I am in favor of his basketball reforms.
• I do think that at some point the conference should be worried about the level of competition.  Revenue sports are struggling at the gate, and if you want to enhance revenue, you need to improve the level of play.  Or maybe not.  Maybe all that costs more than it provides...but, as a fan, I'd like to see it.
• In fairness, the competitive slide began long before he arrived.
• He should put an "H" in his first name.
• I want him to make clear that we will never have a team nicknamed "Trojans" in the MAC
• Challenge the Presidents to a foot race...100 yards, best man or woman wins.