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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 1773642"] The following were not finalists from last year. However, they are in the midst of the conversation so I thought posting their resumes would be pertinent. You may now look at each and peruse what they have to offer compared to the finalists. They are listed in no particular order. Since CuseLegacy has Cunningham’s up - there is nothing I can add: [B]Tim Pernetti[/B] [B]Athletic director[/B] On April 1, 2009 Pernetti began work as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Rutgers University as part of a five-year contract. In the role he oversaw 24 men's and women's sports, fundraising and development, a staff of more than 200 employees and also oversaw coaching searches and hires in men's and women's sports. Pernetti is credited with transforming the business at Rutgers and for record-breaking fundraising results in four years. During his tenure, Rutgers Athletics generated more than $100M in incremental revenue for the department. Pernetti is also credited with building the Rutgers Athletics brand, and creating more media visibility than ever before. Pernetti is credited with negotiating the agreement to bring Rutgers to the Big Ten Conference in 2014. For his efforts, Pernetti was named one of the five candidates for Sports Business Journal National Athletic Director of the Year. [B]Men's basketball controversy[/B] Pernetti came under fire in April 2013 when a video surfaced showing men's basketball coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rice_Jr.'][U]Mike Rice[/U][/URL] abusing his players during practice. The video showed Rice throwing basketballs at players, including at their heads, kicking players, and calling players homophobic slurs.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pernetti#cite_note-3'][U][3][/U][/URL] When Pernetti was made aware of Rice's behavior at team practices, he opted to suspend Rice for 3 games, fine him $50,000, and require that he complete anger management courses.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pernetti#cite_note-4'][U][4][/U][/URL] However, Pernetti chose not to fire Rice, and the reasons behind the discipline were not made public. After [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN'][U]ESPN[/U][/URL]'s [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_the_Lines'][U]Outside the Lines[/U][/URL][/I] aired the video on April 2, 2013, many expressed their disbelief on blogs[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pernetti#cite_note-5'][U][5][/U][/URL] and on Twitter that Rice had not been fired and that Pernetti should now be fired for his leniency toward Rice, whom Pernetti had hired as one of his first major acts as Rutgers AD.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pernetti#cite_note-6'][U][6][/U][/URL] When school president [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barchi'][U]Robert Barchi[/U][/URL] saw the video for the first time on the night of April 2 (though he had signed off on the decision to suspend Rice in November), he called in Pernetti and told him that Rice had to leave immediately. Rice was fired the next day.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pernetti#cite_note-7'][U][7][/U][/URL] On April 3, Barchi told Pernetti that he also had to go, and gave him the option of either resigning or being fired. After two days of negotiations, Pernetti resigned on April 5.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pernetti#cite_note-8'][U][8][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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