I feel like there's not enough talk about the makeup of the selection committee itself.
Currently Employed
Troy Dannen - Current AD at University of Nebraska
Mark Harlan - Current AD at University of Utah
Ivan Maisel - Current journalist for ESPN
Chris Massaro - Current AD at Middle Tennessee State University
David Sayler - Current AD at Miami University
Carla Williams - Current AD at University of Virginia, played basketball at University of Georgia
Hunter Yurachek - Current AD at University of Arkansas
Retired (or don't currently work in Athletics)
Chris Ault - Former head coach at University of Nevada
Mark Dantonio - Former head coach at Michigan State University, played DB at USCe.
Jeff Long - Former AD at Kansas, Arkansas, Pitt, and Eastern Kentucky.
Mike Riley - Former coach at Oregon State and Nebraska, Alabama alum under Bear Bryant
Wesley Walls - Former Ole Miss alum (all-american TE)
SEC Ties: 6 of the 12 have some ties either as current employees within the SEC or formerly having played at programs within the conference.
Let's also not ignore the fact that many of the current ADs that are in the committee are currently at smaller schools. The really only person with ACC representation is Carla and she's a former UGA basketball player and still relatively young in her career. If an SEC school comes calling....she'd absolutely listen.
The amount of bias is no surprise to anyone here. But the fact that it's so blatant and no one talks about it is utterly insane to me.
How can you have current ADs for programs on this committee?
Why isn’t there a requirement that committee members be fully independent from schools or conferences currently under consideration?