SPK and Hall85 for Big East commish
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Georgetown guy played baseball there went to Fordham law school appointed by Mario Cuomo to a government integrity commission then quarter century at MLB...this would be like a 2028 general election and choosing between 2 candidates 65 and over
Former Georgetown Board of Regents member and Chair of Athletics who started their NIL Collective Hoyas Rising which he ran until 2025.
From Georgetown’s website
Timothy J. Brosnan (C’80, Parent’16,’16,’21) majored in government and was a four year player on the Georgetown University baseball team, serving as captain in 1980. He earned his J.D. from Fordham Law School and went on to private practice before he was appointed by then-Governor Cuomo to the NYS Commission on Government Integrity where he served as counsel to Chairmen John Feerick and Cyrus Vance.
Brosnan then began a nearly 25-year career at Major League Baseball, where he headed virtually every business line at MLB as President/CEO of MLB Enterprises. During that period Brosnan was named one of the “100 Most Powerful People in Sports” 11 times by Sports Business Journal. Brosnan rose to stand as one of three final candidates for MLB Commissioner.
After MLB, Brosnan formed a media consultancy and served on the board of PrimeSport (a Carlyle company) and the advisory board of FanDuel, and was a member of the board that took Alclear LLC (“Clear”) public.
During his career Brosnan remained close to Georgetown, serving as an AAP interviewer, a six-year member of the Board of Regents (Chair of Athletics), a Wall Street Alliance honoree, and a long-time counsel to President DeGioia on all things related to athletics. In 2021, DeGioia tasked Brosnan to project Georgetown’s role in the then-new world of NIL for NCAA athletes. That undertaking culminated in the formation of “Hoyas Rising,” a fully operational private company that Brosnan founded, built, and ran as Chairman/CEO through June 2025.
Brosnan is Director Emeritus of the Alumni Board at Fordham Law and at Fordham Prep, where he is also a member of the Hall of Honor.
He and his wife Claire have three children—Kevin, Helen, and Charlotte—and two daughters-in-law, Maria Lowe (L’25) and Maddy Gaiman
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2012 bio:
Executive Vice President, Business, MLBPresident/CEO, Major League Baseball Enterprises Tim Brosnan was named Executive Vice President, Business for Major League Baseball in February 2000. In this role, Brosnan oversees all domestic and international business functions of Major League Baseball's Office of the Commissioner, including licensing, sponsorship, domestic and international broadcasting, special events and MLB Productions. In 2002 he was given additional responsibility as President/CEO of Major League Baseball Enterprises, the company that holds the collective business of the 30 Major League Clubs.
Among his roles at baseball, Tim spearheads negotiations for all national media rights at MLB and in 2006 struck seven year agreements with FOX and Turner Sports totaling more than $3 Billion. The year prior, under Tim's leadership, an eight year agreement was struck with ESPN for $2. 4 Billion. Brosnan and Baseball achieved unprecedented success in recent years with two other media deals. In 2004 MLB signed the largest non-television media deal in sports with XM Satellite Radio ($650 Million. ) That same year, Brosnan was named by ownership to develop and launch the MLB Network, a planned baseball only cable channel. In 2007 MLB announced in its first phase of negotiations it had reached agreements for the MLB Network to air in nearly 50 million households, making the launch of the Network the most successful of any network in cable television history. The Network went on air in January, 2009 and Brosnan currently serves on its Board of Directors. The MLB Network remains the fastest growing cable outlet on television, adding nearly 20 million homes since its launch. In all, the businesses Tim manages exceeded $1. 3 Billion in revenues in 2010 with retail sales exceeding $3 Billion worldwide.
Timothy J. Brosnan (C’80, Parent’16,’16,’21) majored in government and was a four year player on the Georgetown University baseball team, serving as captain in 1980. He earned his J.D. from Fordham Law School and went on to private practice before he was appointed by then-Governor Cuomo to the NYS Commission on Government Integrity where he served as counsel to Chairmen John Feerick and Cyrus Vance.
Brosnan then began a nearly 25-year career at Major League Baseball, where he headed virtually every business line at MLB as President/CEO of MLB Enterprises. During that period Brosnan was named one of the “100 Most Powerful People in Sports” 11 times by Sports Business Journal. Brosnan rose to stand as one of three final candidates for MLB Commissioner.
After MLB, Brosnan formed a media consultancy and served on the board of PrimeSport (a Carlyle company) and the advisory board of FanDuel, and was a member of the board that took Alclear LLC (“Clear”) public.
During his career Brosnan remained close to Georgetown, serving as an AAP interviewer, a six-year member of the Board of Regents (Chair of Athletics), a Wall Street Alliance honoree, and a long-time counsel to President DeGioia on all things related to athletics. In 2021, DeGioia tasked Brosnan to project Georgetown’s role in the then-new world of NIL for NCAA athletes. That undertaking culminated in the formation of “Hoyas Rising,” a fully operational private company that Brosnan founded, built, and ran as Chairman/CEO through June 2025.
Brosnan is Director Emeritus of the Alumni Board at Fordham Law and at Fordham Prep, where he is also a member of the Hall of Honor.
He and his wife Claire have three children—Kevin, Helen, and Charlotte—and two daughters-in-law, Maria Lowe (L’25) and Maddy Gaiman
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2012 bio:
Executive Vice President, Business, MLBPresident/CEO, Major League Baseball Enterprises Tim Brosnan was named Executive Vice President, Business for Major League Baseball in February 2000. In this role, Brosnan oversees all domestic and international business functions of Major League Baseball's Office of the Commissioner, including licensing, sponsorship, domestic and international broadcasting, special events and MLB Productions. In 2002 he was given additional responsibility as President/CEO of Major League Baseball Enterprises, the company that holds the collective business of the 30 Major League Clubs.
Among his roles at baseball, Tim spearheads negotiations for all national media rights at MLB and in 2006 struck seven year agreements with FOX and Turner Sports totaling more than $3 Billion. The year prior, under Tim's leadership, an eight year agreement was struck with ESPN for $2. 4 Billion. Brosnan and Baseball achieved unprecedented success in recent years with two other media deals. In 2004 MLB signed the largest non-television media deal in sports with XM Satellite Radio ($650 Million. ) That same year, Brosnan was named by ownership to develop and launch the MLB Network, a planned baseball only cable channel. In 2007 MLB announced in its first phase of negotiations it had reached agreements for the MLB Network to air in nearly 50 million households, making the launch of the Network the most successful of any network in cable television history. The Network went on air in January, 2009 and Brosnan currently serves on its Board of Directors. The MLB Network remains the fastest growing cable outlet on television, adding nearly 20 million homes since its launch. In all, the businesses Tim manages exceeded $1. 3 Billion in revenues in 2010 with retail sales exceeding $3 Billion worldwide.
He quit mlb in dec of 2014 when Selig backed Manfred for commish and he didnt get the votes
No, but if he’s forward thinking and adaptable it doesn’t matter.
Some of the most forward thinking and adaptable coaches in the sport are the oldest.
I like that he has experience negotiating massive media rights deals and was instrumental in the creation of the MLB Network. As COO of MLB, he was heavily involved in all aspects of the business during a time when the league boomed.
The BE needs someone who can bring revenue to the league, not only from media deals but other avenues. We need a qualified executive and someone who will stand up against the P4 Football Leagues as they try to marginalize everyone else. This guy seems qualified from the business side. He also has experience on the NIL/RS side at Georgetown. From a resume POV, he has strong qualifications. He was a finalist for MLB Commissioner.
And for what its worth, the Big 10's commissioner Tony Pettiti also came from MLB with a very similar resume. The trend is to hire people outside of college athletics with media/business backgrounds in sports who can raise revenues and lead by bringing member schools together for the common interest. We shall see what he can accomplish.
The BE needs someone who can bring revenue to the league, not only from media deals but other avenues. We need a qualified executive and someone who will stand up against the P4 Football Leagues as they try to marginalize everyone else. This guy seems qualified from the business side. He also has experience on the NIL/RS side at Georgetown. From a resume POV, he has strong qualifications. He was a finalist for MLB Commissioner.
And for what its worth, the Big 10's commissioner Tony Pettiti also came from MLB with a very similar resume. The trend is to hire people outside of college athletics with media/business backgrounds in sports who can raise revenues and lead by bringing member schools together for the common interest. We shall see what he can accomplish.
Yeah, age is just a number. If he is in good health, has energy, drive and competency it doesn't matter. To be successful, you have to be able to drive change in your organization, you have to add to your skills and constantly adapt to changing trends and opportunities. The B10 commish is 65, SEC commish is 62 and Brett Yormark of B12 turns 60 next month.
I don't know anything about that. Brosnan had his own consultancy firm that did business with many companies including Activision. What specifically did he do that didn't go well?
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FWIW this is still unofficial and has not been confirmed by the Big East. But seems like it's a bad kept secret.
www.espn.com
Former MLB executive Tim Brosnan to head Big East
Sources: Former MLB executive Tim Brosnan to head Big East
The Big East is expected to hire former MLB executive Tim Brosnan as the league's next commissioner, sources told ESPN.
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BTW just had a long conversation with an insider in the Big East and wow is he happy with this new hire. Liked Val but thought her time had passed and we needed the experience and expertise that Brosnan brings.
I think it’s fair to say that he has the credentials for the job but your concern Is worth nothing. He has a lot of experience negotiating TV deals and building up MLB Network but that was years ago. The TV world has changed significantly since he left MLB over ten years ago.
The question that I have is, is this the most qualified, available candidate? Or was this a preferred candidate of the Georgetown president forced upon the rest of the members? I’d really like to know what went down behind the scenes that led to someone like Dan Gavitt not getting it.
Big Ten COO played hoops at Lafayette mid to late 2000s been with Delany at Big Ten for a long time became COO in 2023 was recently an sbj 40 under 40....he and gavitt and the fox exec were the top 3 choices now a person who likely is gonna be a short timer gets the role.
Remember this platform agreements are locked in through 30-31 season.
This board community bashes Val but she has kept relationship with MSG, negotiated platform deals at two different times in the business evolution of the model.
One when the big east was reborn aligned with FS 1 launching which allowed FS 1 to prioritize the men's basketball season.
Most recently, she diversified suitors for the product and spread the wealth a bit. FOX never really marketed the product well.
Also on MLBN. MLBN in its current state is far different than 10 to 15 years ago. They no longer have distro with certain providers.
Where MLBN differed vs NFLN is that MLB offered cable and sat operators small percentages of the ownership pie in exchange for putting the channel on basic platform. NFLN the owners wanted the money on carriage per customer that they never really got. Now you see NFLN a Disney property. Likely, MLB loses much of their season next year. MLBN was impacted and is still impacted from COVID year.
Just my take, liked portions of the old NBA TV but now of the big 4 leagues had a sustainable model to do a broadcasting arm of their league with longterm success.
Same. But I'm OK with this hire as a placeholder. He's not likely to serve as long as Val did, but I can't see him steering the ship into the sand in his time here.
My choice would have been Pat Hobbes: after rehab, that is. (Maybe he is already rehabbed.) After all, the Act-of-Contrition route seems to have worked for Pitino.
Me too. I have no idea but despite the pay raise, maybe they felt it wasn't right for their careers? There is no chance to make their mark with a media deal for another 4-5 years.
Gavitt Jr, as the Senior VP of Basketball for the NCAA is in charge of March Madness and the multi-billion dollar deal with CBS and TNT.
Kenny has been with the Big 10 for 18 years and is now the #2 guy. Going to a non-football conference may not have been appealing for a guy who is #2 at the top football conference with more than a Billion dollar per year media deal.
Sports media reporter John Ourand was very bullish on this hire at in his latest podcast—though take grain of salt since he generally has optimistic outlook and has reason to gas up potential sources.
Or when he was fed quotes long ago
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