NCAA choices Charlie Baker as next president

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NCAA picks Charlie Baker as next president

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Governor Charlie Baker speaks throughout the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial at Ashburton Memorial Park on October 28, 2022 in Boston,Massachusetts (Photo by Matt Stone/ MediaNews Group/Boston Herald through Getty Images)

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The NCAA stated Thursday it has actually selected MassachusettsGov Charlie Baker as its next president.

Baker will begin in the position in March, 2 months after his 2nd term as guv ends onJan 5. He will be successful Mark Emmert, who has actually held the function because 2010.

Baker’s background in federal government made him a leading option for the NCAA, which has actually faced a range of nationwide legal and regulative debates over the last few years. The company was involved in a Supreme Court case in 2015 over student-athlete settlement.

“Throughout the search process, Governor Baker’s history of successfully forging bipartisan solutions to complex problems stood out to the search committee as uniquely suited to the NCAA’s present needs,” the NCAA composed in a Thursday news release.

Emmert will continue seeking advice from for the NCAA till June 2023.

Baker, a two-term Republican in a primarily Democratic state, is the very first NCAA president without an expert background at college organizations or college sports. He did, nevertheless, play university basketball at Harvard.

“The biggest quality he brings is his political acumen,” stated Tom McMillen, president of the LEAD1 Association, which represents 131 athletic directors in the Football BowlSubdivision “He understands how to build bridges not only to our schools but to our policymakers.”

Before serving 2 terms as guv in Massachusetts, Baker held executive positions at a healthcare business and was CEO of not-for-profit Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.