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From: Scharschmidt, Richard To: Drake, Michael V. Subject: FW: DRAFT speaking notes for Tuesday call Date: Monday, December 9, 2019 10:23:12 AM Attachments: Autonomy 5 NIL Strategy Call - President Drake Chair notes.docx Autonomy 5 meeting - Commissioners messaging d v.3.docx Re DRAFT speaking notes for Tuesday call.msg image001.png Importance: High Dr. Drake, Please see email below. I’ve also attached Wallace Loh’s response and Jim Delany’s subsequent reply to this message, following the “v3” document. Thank you, Rich Scharschmidt Executive Assistant Office of the President 205 Bricker Hall, 190 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-2424 Office / Mobile [email protected] From: Mobile - Jim Delany <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2019 10:09 AM To: President Michael V. Drake <[email protected]>; MD - Wallace Loh, President <[email protected]> Cc: Big Ten - Kevin Warren <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: DRAFT speaking notes for Tuesday call Michael , thanks for willingness to chair Tuesday s meeting . Also congratulations on Buckeyes winning conference Championship Game last night .The attachments should provide some guidance of the call flow from both presidents and commissioners perspective . If anything changes I ll let you know but to date none of the 5 commissioners have offered any changes to Larry s draft which resulted from 2 earlier panning calls last week . Thanks Jim Begin forwarded message: From: Larry Scott <[email protected]> Date: December 6, 2019 at 4:47:09 PM EST To: Bob Bowlsby <[email protected]>, Mobile - Jim Delany <[email protected]>, Big Ten - Kevin Warren <[email protected]>, Greg Sankey <[email protected]>, John Swofford <[email protected]> Subject: DRAFT speaking notes for Tuesday call Following our call, I've drafted suggested note for President Drake to Chair the lead us through the meeting. I've also drafted suggested notes (separate document attached) for us Commissioners to frame the issues and our recommendations. I've left blank which of us will take which sections. Jim and I wanted to get President Drake his notes on Monday, so if you have any comments or suggestions on those please try to reply by Sunday evening. Regarding the Commissioner notes, any early comments appreciated but we can fine tune at our meeting on Tuesday. However, if you'd like to take the lead on a particular section (which I thought we could divide up amongst some of us) let me know. Thanks and good luck with games this weekend. Best, Larry Autonomy 5 NIL Strategy Call Call Details Tuesday, December 10 3 ‐ 4 p.m. ET / 2 ‐ 3 p.m. CT / Noon ‐ 1 p.m. PT Dial in: 1‐866‐228‐9389 (no pin required) Participants ‐ ACC: Dr. Randy Woodson (NC State); Chancellor Kent Syverud (Syracuse); Commissioner John Swofford ‐ Big 12: President Burns Hargis (Oklahoma State); Dr. Victor Boschini, Jr. (TCU); Commissioner Bob Bowlsby ‐ Big Ten: President Wallace Loh (Maryland), Dr. Michael V. Drake (Ohio State); Commissioner Jim Delany; Commissioner Kevin Warren ‐ Pac‐12: Chancellor Phil DiStefano (Colorado); President Michael Schill (Oregon); Commissioner Larry Scott ‐ SEC: President Jere Morehead (Georgia); Commissioner Greg Sankey Agenda with Speaker Notes for Dr. Drake 1) Welcome and Purpose of Call Thank you to everyone for being available for this call, and your leadership on this important issue facing college sports. All our universities have been following carefully this Name, Image, and Likeness issue as legislation emerges on a state and federal level, and the NCAA is embarking on a rules change process to our bylaws around name, image, and likeness. As many of the presidents and chancellors on the call have been, our commissioners have been engaged in productive conversations over the last couple of months. With our support, our commissioners have been discussing the need for our 65 universities that make up the Autonomy Five to take the lead on a collaborative approach. Based on those discussions, we felt that now would be a good time to convene the commissioners and presidential leadership to hear their thoughts, see what kind of alignment we may have, and chart a course going forward. We have an hour for today’s call, and have sent around an agenda as follows: 1. Discuss the federal legislative coalition that our commissioners envision; 2. Review and discuss how we work with the NCAA on this effort; 3. Determine the level of alignment we have on our core foundational principles and messaging for this effort; 4. Wrap up by talking about next steps 2) Proposed Federal Legislative Coalition The first topic is how we engage Washington DC and federal lawmakers. To outline how our commissioners are thinking about this coalition and our collaborative federal approach, let me turn to XX. 3) How We Work with the NCAA and Other Groups All of us are engaged with the NCAA, and we have representatives from our universities and conferences on the NCAA’s NIL working group. At the same time, I know there are concerns about the NCAA’s ability to lead this effort in Washington. The feedback I’ve heard from the group is three‐fold: o First, it is our 65 universities in the Autonomy Five that have the most significant stake in the outcome of any legislation. The NCAA represents so many different interests and as we’ve seen through autonomy, it is best for the 65 universities to lead. o Second, there is a real concern about the image and brand of the NCAA in Washington. Given all the debates and issues over the last few years, the Blue Disc is not well received by members of Congress and Senators. o And third, related to that last point, our universities have the closest and best relationships with our representatives in Washington. Relationships with our 65 universities are what members of Congress and Senators care about. For those reasons, we think a coalition made up of our 65 makes the most sense, but we know the importance of collaborating with the NCAA. We also don’t want the NCAA to feel threatened, and we don’t want this to seem publicly or privately as a break away by the five conferences. Let me turn to XX to better explain how the Commissioners are thinking about approaching this issue with the NCAA. 4) Foundational Principles and Messaging Our final agenda item is finding alignment on principles and messaging for the effort. We know within different leagues there have been many discussions about principles and messaging. The commissioners have also begun discussing this to see where there is alignment across the five conferences. Let me now turn to XX to share that progress and what they see as next steps for finalizing these principles and messaging. 5) Next Steps Thanks everyone for joining us today for this productive conversation. Before we end, I’d like to have XX outline our proposed next steps. Commissioners Messaging for Dec 10th A5/presidents meeting 1) Welcome and Purpose of Call ‐ NA – Dr. Michael Drake will lead this 2) Proposed Federal Legislative Coalition ‐ Our five conferences already work together on our antitrust defense, and have built a structure to make important decisions and move forward. ‐ Our proposal is to build upon that and work together to launch a coordinated strategy, communications and outreach effort in Washington on a federal level. ‐ We believe that if we want to get responsible federal legislation, it is critical to be coordinated and aligned. We cannot have mixed messages or multiple proposals from the world of college sports. If we want to have influence, all major players in college sports and stakeholders need to be coordinated. ‐ Last week’s announcement by a group of bi‐partisan Senators emphasizes this fact. They are organizing in Congress, and we must be organized and coordinated. ‐ Our proposal is that our five conferences will jointly select a Washington‐based public affairs firm with the right experience and scale to manage the project. This firm will serve as the campaign manager or quarterback, and play a critical role in organizing us and ultimately executing the campaign. ‐ This effort would be jointly managed by all five conferences. The Commissioners would provide oversight and steer, working very closely with Gov’t affairs experts from our universities. ‐ We see great advantages of hiring one firm – it will help us navigate the process, keep good coordination among the 65 universities, serve as a central hub for our messaging materials, and help deploy the right resources at the right time on Capitol Hill. ‐ We believe we have urgency here. While there are different thoughts on whether a bill could go forward in this next year, it very clear that forums are already being held and opinions are being shaped right now. ‐ All of us have spoken to different Senators and Members of Congress interested in this issue, and with the formation last week of the bi‐partisan group of Senators, we believe the time is now to get our act together. ‐ More conversations will need to happen soon, hearings may be held as early as Q1 or Q2 of 2020. ‐ We need to be coordinated, and we need to be ready. We’d like the authority to come together and engage and hire a public affairs firm to help coordinate us. 3) How We Work with the NCAA and Other Groups ‐ For the reasons Dr. Drake mentioned, as we have done under Autonomy, we think the 65 schools that make up our conferences should take the lead in this effort. ‐ But we don’t think that it is advisable to brand this as an A5 effort – rather, we think it is very important to chart a course so that schools in other conferences could support us, and that the NCAA could support us.