PODCAST: Val Ackerman, BIG EAST Conference Commissioner, Founding President of the WNBA, the first woman to serve as the President of USA Basketball and Basketball Hall of Fame joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Ackerman discusses her trail blazing career as a woman executive working in sports, the early days of her career working side-by-side with late NBA Commissioner David Stern in the NBA league office and her current role as Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference. She also tells us what needs to be done to continue to grow women’s sports and how the college sports landscape might continue to evolve with NIL, conference realignment and other changes.
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