Valarie Ackerman new BE Commissioner
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The 2 most important portions of the ESPN article are:
"Sources were unclear, though, on whether Ackerman would accept the position. The 10 new Big East presidents from Georgetown, Villanova, Creighton, Xavier, Butler, Seton Hall, Providence, St. John's, Marquette and DePaul have pledged confidentiality to one another, according to multiple league sources. Athletic directors and coaches have been kept in the dark as the presidents have run the search."
Question: since the ADs presumably know the sports world better than the college presidents then why aren't the ADs involved in the search?
"Coaches and athletic directors from the league have told ESPN.com that they have been frustrated by the lack of leadership and transparency while awaiting a new leader. There is anxiety about getting the league started."
"Sources were unclear, though, on whether Ackerman would accept the position. The 10 new Big East presidents from Georgetown, Villanova, Creighton, Xavier, Butler, Seton Hall, Providence, St. John's, Marquette and DePaul have pledged confidentiality to one another, according to multiple league sources. Athletic directors and coaches have been kept in the dark as the presidents have run the search."
Question: since the ADs presumably know the sports world better than the college presidents then why aren't the ADs involved in the search?
"Coaches and athletic directors from the league have told ESPN.com that they have been frustrated by the lack of leadership and transparency while awaiting a new leader. There is anxiety about getting the league started."
tom in salem
Well-known member
In general I'm not a male chauvinist but when it comes to the leadership of the BE, at a crucial time no less, I'm going to have to take that position. I want a person with cojones and I mean that in the literal sense. Get someone who is savvy and won't be wreckless when it's the wrong time of the month.
Tell you the truth, no man can be as ruthless as a strong woman leader. Women aren't lead around by their cojones, and that is often a good thing. Ackerman seems like a terrific choice, and women are much more level headed and less reckless than men overall IMO.
Val Ackerman, first president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Valerie B. "Val" Ackerman was born on November 7, 1959 in Lakewood Township, New Jersey[1] but grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, United States.[2] She is an attorney, sports executive, and former basketball player. She is best known for being the first president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), serving from 1996-2005.
Ackerman graduated in 1977 from Hopewell Valley Central High School in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.[3] Ackerman's 1,755 points set the school's varsity basketball career record for points scored by any basketball player, male or female, and she set the school's career scoring record as a halfback in field hockey, topped off by graduating first in her class. She was inducted into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1997.[4]
College years[edit]
Ackerman graduated from the University of Virginia in 1981, where she was among the school's first female scholarship athletes. She was a four-year starter, three-time captain and two-time Academic All-American for the women's basketball team. She earned her B.A. in Political and Social Thought. She also earned a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and worked for two years as an associate at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Career[edit]
Ackerman played professional basketball in France for one season. In 1988, she served as a staff attorney for the National Basketball Association and as special assistant to NBA Commissioner David Stern, director of business affairs and vice president of business affairs prior to her appointment to head the WNBA in 1996. Ackerman lives in New York City with her husband, Charles Rappaport, and her two daughters, Emily and Sally.
From 1995-1996, she was a driving force behind the creation of the historic USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team program that culminated with a 60-0 record and the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
On August 7, 1996, Ackerman was named president of the WNBA. Over the course of her historic term, Ackerman would become the first women ever to successfully launch and operate a women's team sports league for the duration of eight years. In the process, she played Hartford like a fiddle, using the city as leverage to land a more lucratove deal at the Mohegan Sun Indian Reservation for the team that became known as the Connecticut Sun. On February 1, 2005 Ackerman stepped down, and Donna Orender was named as her successor.
She currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Board of Directors of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Athletics Foundation. In 2006, Ackerman was named the U.S. delegate to the Central Board of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
In May 2005 she became the first female president of USA Basketball for the 2005-2008 term, succeeding Tom Jernstedt from the NCAA, who served from 2000-2004. During her term, she oversaw a restructuring of the USA Basketball Board of Directors and gold medal performances by the men's and women's basketball teams at the Beijing Olympics.[5] In 2008, she received the IOC's Women of Distinction diploma and the John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[citation needed] In 2010, she was named an inductee of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2011. She currently teaches Leadership and Personnel Management with Neal Pilson in Columbia University's Master of Science in Sports Management Program.
References[edit]
1.^http://www.birthdatabase.com/query.php
2.^ Wodraska, Lya. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100EEECBD8AA4E66&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date
&s_trackval=GooglePM "WNBA Boss Applies NBA Tactics To Bring (and Keep) League Alive", The Salt Lake Tribune, June 6, 1999. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Ackerman, a self-described tomboy, grew up in Pennington, NJ."
3.^ "Leading the Way in Women's Sports", U.S. 1 Newspaper, October 26, 2005. Accessed August 26, 2007. "Today this 1977 graduate of Pennington's Hopewell Valley Central High School is the president of USA Basketball - the national federation responsible for the selection, training, and fielding of U.S. teams that compete in international basketball competitions, including the Olympics, and for some national competitions."
4.^ Hall of Fame, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 26, 2008.
5.^ Val Ackerman Elected USA Basketball President, USA Basketball press release dated March 22, 2005.
Valerie B. "Val" Ackerman was born on November 7, 1959 in Lakewood Township, New Jersey[1] but grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, United States.[2] She is an attorney, sports executive, and former basketball player. She is best known for being the first president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), serving from 1996-2005.
Ackerman graduated in 1977 from Hopewell Valley Central High School in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.[3] Ackerman's 1,755 points set the school's varsity basketball career record for points scored by any basketball player, male or female, and she set the school's career scoring record as a halfback in field hockey, topped off by graduating first in her class. She was inducted into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1997.[4]
College years[edit]
Ackerman graduated from the University of Virginia in 1981, where she was among the school's first female scholarship athletes. She was a four-year starter, three-time captain and two-time Academic All-American for the women's basketball team. She earned her B.A. in Political and Social Thought. She also earned a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and worked for two years as an associate at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Career[edit]
Ackerman played professional basketball in France for one season. In 1988, she served as a staff attorney for the National Basketball Association and as special assistant to NBA Commissioner David Stern, director of business affairs and vice president of business affairs prior to her appointment to head the WNBA in 1996. Ackerman lives in New York City with her husband, Charles Rappaport, and her two daughters, Emily and Sally.
From 1995-1996, she was a driving force behind the creation of the historic USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team program that culminated with a 60-0 record and the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
On August 7, 1996, Ackerman was named president of the WNBA. Over the course of her historic term, Ackerman would become the first women ever to successfully launch and operate a women's team sports league for the duration of eight years. In the process, she played Hartford like a fiddle, using the city as leverage to land a more lucratove deal at the Mohegan Sun Indian Reservation for the team that became known as the Connecticut Sun. On February 1, 2005 Ackerman stepped down, and Donna Orender was named as her successor.
She currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Board of Directors of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Athletics Foundation. In 2006, Ackerman was named the U.S. delegate to the Central Board of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
In May 2005 she became the first female president of USA Basketball for the 2005-2008 term, succeeding Tom Jernstedt from the NCAA, who served from 2000-2004. During her term, she oversaw a restructuring of the USA Basketball Board of Directors and gold medal performances by the men's and women's basketball teams at the Beijing Olympics.[5] In 2008, she received the IOC's Women of Distinction diploma and the John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[citation needed] In 2010, she was named an inductee of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2011. She currently teaches Leadership and Personnel Management with Neal Pilson in Columbia University's Master of Science in Sports Management Program.
References[edit]
1.^http://www.birthdatabase.com/query.php
2.^ Wodraska, Lya. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100EEECBD8AA4E66&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date
&s_trackval=GooglePM "WNBA Boss Applies NBA Tactics To Bring (and Keep) League Alive", The Salt Lake Tribune, June 6, 1999. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Ackerman, a self-described tomboy, grew up in Pennington, NJ."3.^ "Leading the Way in Women's Sports", U.S. 1 Newspaper, October 26, 2005. Accessed August 26, 2007. "Today this 1977 graduate of Pennington's Hopewell Valley Central High School is the president of USA Basketball - the national federation responsible for the selection, training, and fielding of U.S. teams that compete in international basketball competitions, including the Olympics, and for some national competitions."
4.^ Hall of Fame, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 26, 2008.
5.^ Val Ackerman Elected USA Basketball President, USA Basketball press release dated March 22, 2005.
jetstorm
Member
Val Ackerman, first president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Valerie B. "Val" Ackerman was born on November 7, 1959 in Lakewood Township, New Jersey[1] but grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, United States.[2] She is an attorney, sports executive, and former basketball player. She is best known for being the first president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), serving from 1996-2005.
Ackerman graduated in 1977 from Hopewell Valley Central High School in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.[3] Ackerman's 1,755 points set the school's varsity basketball career record for points scored by any basketball player, male or female, and she set the school's career scoring record as a halfback in field hockey, topped off by graduating first in her class. She was inducted into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1997.[4]
College years[edit]
Ackerman graduated from the University of Virginia in 1981, where she was among the school's first female scholarship athletes. She was a four-year starter, three-time captain and two-time Academic All-American for the women's basketball team. She earned her B.A. in Political and Social Thought. She also earned a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and worked for two years as an associate at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Career[edit]
Ackerman played professional basketball in France for one season. In 1988, she served as a staff attorney for the National Basketball Association and as special assistant to NBA Commissioner David Stern, director of business affairs and vice president of business affairs prior to her appointment to head the WNBA in 1996. Ackerman lives in New York City with her husband, Charles Rappaport, and her two daughters, Emily and Sally.
From 1995-1996, she was a driving force behind the creation of the historic USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team program that culminated with a 60-0 record and the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
On August 7, 1996, Ackerman was named president of the WNBA. Over the course of her historic term, Ackerman would become the first women ever to successfully launch and operate a women's team sports league for the duration of eight years. In the process, she played Hartford like a fiddle, using the city as leverage to land a more lucratove deal at the Mohegan Sun Indian Reservation for the team that became known as the Connecticut Sun. On February 1, 2005 Ackerman stepped down, and Donna Orender was named as her successor.
She currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Board of Directors of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Athletics Foundation. In 2006, Ackerman was named the U.S. delegate to the Central Board of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
In May 2005 she became the first female president of USA Basketball for the 2005-2008 term, succeeding Tom Jernstedt from the NCAA, who served from 2000-2004. During her term, she oversaw a restructuring of the USA Basketball Board of Directors and gold medal performances by the men's and women's basketball teams at the Beijing Olympics.[5] In 2008, she received the IOC's Women of Distinction diploma and the John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[citation needed] In 2010, she was named an inductee of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2011. She currently teaches Leadership and Personnel Management with Neal Pilson in Columbia University's Master of Science in Sports Management Program.
References[edit]
1.^http://www.birthdatabase.com/query.php
2.^ Wodraska, Lya. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100EEECBD8AA4E66&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date
3.^ "Leading the Way in Women's Sports", U.S. 1 Newspaper, October 26, 2005. Accessed August 26, 2007. "Today this 1977 graduate of Pennington's Hopewell Valley Central High School is the president of USA Basketball - the national federation responsible for the selection, training, and fielding of U.S. teams that compete in international basketball competitions, including the Olympics, and for some national competitions."
4.^ Hall of Fame, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 26, 2008.
5.^ Val Ackerman Elected USA Basketball President, USA Basketball press release dated March 22, 2005.
Seems to me that she can't hold a job too long!!
Pleasedontbanmeagain
Member
I think men and women have natural roles they are better at. Leadership is a masculine trait by nature. It takes aggression, testosterone, decisiveness, dedication, among other things men are more known for. On the other hand, women are much more emotionally in touch, nurturing, supportive, etc. Men are definitely more type A, take charge and that's what you look for in leaders. I'm not going to organize a rally if a female is Big East Commish, but I can totally understand where Sirvoo is coming from. It's hard to argue nature. Somewhere along the line liberals thought that women could replace men because we are basically all exactly the same. Women are not designed to replace men, they are designed to compliment men just as men are not designed to replace women, but to compliment them.
