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The Rebound w/Seamus Bruner

By The First

Mon, Jul 1, 2024

Length 25:56

This week Coach Doherty talks with author Seamus Bruner. Seamus is the Associate Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI). He has worked with Peter Schweizer since June 2011 and with GAI since January 2013 providing research & support for numerous New York Times best-sellers.

That research has been featured on the front page of top publications like New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post and resulted in multiple 60 Minutes exposés. Bruner discusses the results of his findings with Coach and describes how “Controligarchs” are assuming control of critical resources around the world.

The Rebound w/Jim Delany

By The First

Sat, Jun 29, 2024

Length 24:37

his week, Coach Doherty talks with legendary Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany. Delany grew up in the diverse Newark/South Orange area of New Jersey. Because he was a basketball standout, he attended St Benedict’s Prep and the University of North Carolina where he went to two Final Fours with Coach Dean Smith. Delany then achieved a JD from UNC Law School to begin his professional career.

After working for the NCAA in an entry level position, Delany became the commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference for 10 years before being appointed to the largest administrative role in college sports, the commissioner of the Big Ten.

During Delany’s illustrious tenure with the Big Ten, he is recognized for several achievements including creating the Big Ten Network; securing a $6B deal with CBS sports to air men’s college basketball games; ushering Title IX into the business of college sports serving as the foundation for the current success in organized women’s sports; increasing attendance at Big Ten college football games from an avg of 58k to over 72k per game by 2005; expanding the Big Ten to include Penn State (and eventually, 3 other teams); which at the time was an unprecedented and unique business & sports competition concept.

Delany served on many NCAA advisory boards and used his influence to help establish the Bowl Championship Series. After 31 years, Jim announced his retirement and officially stepped down 1/1/20. He remains a critical thought leader for education and sports.