{"id":65276,"date":"2024-07-15T08:44:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=65276"},"modified":"2024-07-15T08:58:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T14:58:54","slug":"dan-butterly-leading-the-big-west-conference-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/dan-butterly-leading-the-big-west-conference-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Butterly: Leading the Big West Conference into the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan Butterly: Leading the Big West Conference into the Future\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/sportstravel-podcast\/dan-butterly-leading-the-big-west-conference-into\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_sidebar\">\n<p><b>Listen to More<\/b><br \/>\nTo listen to more episodes of the SportsTravel Podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/sports-podcast-news-insight-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Dan Butterly<\/strong> has been the commissioner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/big-west-hires-dan-butterly-as-commissioner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big West Conference since July 1, 2020<\/a>. He took the job at a time when Covid was wreaking havoc on the sports landscape and led the conference through uncertain times. Butterly has negotiated a large streaming contract with ESPN Plus and has ambitious designs for the future of the conference and its athletics. He is a member of the NCAA Division I Men&#8217;s Basketball Competition and Oversight Committees, and the NCAA Council Working Group on NIL.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Butterly discusses the ever-changing worlds of NIL and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/college-basketball-realignment-pac-12-mountain-west-wcc-big-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conference realignment<\/a>, how the Big West can capitalize from the demise of the Pac-12, getting his conference more exposure, and what went into the decision to move the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball championship tournaments from California to Henderson, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Among the topics in this episode<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What it&#8217;s like being a commissioner in these days of ever-evolving college athletics (1:58)<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on the current NIL landscape (3:00)<\/li>\n<li>What the future of NIL looks like (4:30)<\/li>\n<li>What conference realignment means to the Big West (5:33)<\/li>\n<li>How to handle other conferences trying to poach Big West schools (7:15)<\/li>\n<li>The juggling act of keeping member institutions happy (8:40)<\/li>\n<li>How the Big West is capitalizing on the demise of the Pac-12 (9:47)<\/li>\n<li>The partnership with ESPN Plus (11:18)<\/li>\n<li>Managing travel for athletics to and from Hawaii (12:38)<\/li>\n<li>Moving the conference basketball tournaments to Las Vegas\/Henderson (14:45)<\/li>\n<li>Opening the Dollar Loan Center in 2022 (16:50)<\/li>\n<li>Growing the conference basketball tournaments (18:28)<\/li>\n<li>Big West&#8217;s partnership with Ontario International Airport (22:32)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">This episode is sponsored by:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gocvb.org\/sports-entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65298\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10021248\/gosports_horizontal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10021248\/gosports_horizontal.png 960w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10021248\/gosports_horizontal-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10021248\/gosports_horizontal-768x243.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Butterly has been the commissioner of the Big West Conference since July 1, 2020. He took the job at a time when Covid was wreaking havoc on the sports landscape and led the conference through uncertain times. Butterly has negotiated a large streaming contract with ESPN Plus and has ambitious designs for the future 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