From the Star Telegram, awesome article.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/01/2440585/mwc-will-survive-this-cowardly.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/01/2440585/mwc-will-survive-this-cowardly.html
In the good old days, conference commissioners wore blazers and shook a lot of hands. They had lunch with college presidents and pretended to understand nuclear research grants.
At bowl games, the conference commissioner was always the guy in the Hawaiian shirt, posing for the picture between the coaches and the girl in the sash that read, "Broccoli Bowl Queen 1975."