Report: John Marinatto Resigns As Big East Commissioner

By On May 7, 2012 · 9 Comments

What a start to the week..

According to our good friend Brett McMurphy over at CBSSports.com John Marinatto, only the third Big East commissioner in conference history behind Dave Gavitt and Mike Tranghese, has resigned today.

As we know the conference has been anything but stable the past couple of years. Marinatto had been the boss since the summer of 2009. The conference is losing two of its pillars, Syracuse and Pittsburgh, to the ACC. Many connected to the league or have followed it were and still are broken by those moves that many also believe could have been prevented had the league been more proactive when conference realignment was headlining the sports conversation.

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9 Responses to Report: John Marinatto Resigns As Big East Commissioner

  1. Jane says:
    May 8, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    @Bob – is that you, Mr. Burton?

  2. Bob says:
    May 8, 2012 at 10:42 am

    No but he wants to be consulted on who is chosen.

  3. Jane says:
    May 8, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Is Mr. Burton available?

  4. Navin R. Johnson says:
    May 8, 2012 at 6:20 am

    Oh man…could you imagine Jeff Hathaway running the league.

  5. weyuo says:
    May 7, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    They have to bring in a ringer here. Somebody that can make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Somebody that can not only talk a dog off a meat wagon but make the dog pay to see the meat wagon pass right by his nose. And please….. I beg the powers that be DO NOT consider Jeff Hathaway even if he is willing to pay a dollar for the job.

  6. TheJerk says:
    May 7, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    two real important points to be made here
    1. good
    2. see ya

  7. Navin R. Johnson says:
    May 7, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    See ya but the later…but the damage has already been done.

  8. Dave says:
    May 7, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    Now if the Big East can get rid of those puny little catholic schools. They want a big part of the decisions but they bring little to the table. Georgetown’s influence on derailing the 1.5 billion tv contract pushed Syracuse, Pitt and West Virginia out the door. The days of catholic schools being a major player are over. They should start a CYO conference!

  9. RST says:
    May 7, 2012 at 11:56 am

    Hmmm … does this mean there is another shoe about to fall? The unravelling of expansion plans, for instance?

    What’s your take, Dez? Inquiring minds would like to know.