In Portland, Matthew Kish noted Nike Chair PHIL KNIGHT and Columbia Sportswear President & CEO TIM BOYLE are “among the first donors to a new political action committee focused on higher education reform.” Knight contributed $65,000 and Boyle’s donated $62,500 to the Oregonians for Higher Education Excellence PAC. Former Univ. of Oregon AD PAT KILKENNY also contributed $65,000 (BIZJOURNALS.com, 5/22).
CASHING OUT: Also in Portland, Allan Brettman cited an SEC filing as indicating that the Nike BOD Compensation Committee on Friday gave Nike President & CEO MARK PARKER “nearly 190,000 shares of Nike stock, scheduled to be cashed in May 18, 2017.” Parker at that time would be “entitled to the dividends that would have accumulated over those five years.” The shares as of yesterday were worth about $20.5M (OREGONLIVE.com, 5/22).
NAMES: Late Penn State football coach JOE PATERNO earned a state pension of $13.4M for "his 61-year coaching career.” Paterno’s family yesterday said that his wife SUE would receive an initial payment of $10.1M by the end of May, "with the rest to be paid out over the next two years” (AP, 5/22)….ESPN President JOHN SKIPPER is scheduled to be a keynote speaker at Broadcasting & Cable’s "TV 3.0: What’s Next" summit in N.Y. on June 6 (THE DAILY)….The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications named ESPNU and ESPNHS VP ROSALYN DURANT to its list of Next-Generation Leaders (MULTICHANNEL NEWS, 5/21 issue)….The NBA D-League awarded Bakersfield Jam Managing Partner DAVID HIGDON Team Exec of the Year (NBA)….Pennsylvania Gov. TOM CORBETT yesterday honored former NFLer HINES WARD during an event at the state Capitol in Harrisburg (THE DAILY)….The Entertainment Software Rating Board announced a new PSA campaign featuring C BUSTER POSEY and P RYAN VOGELSONG that will run on TV and radio stations throughout northern California and at MLB Giants games (ESRB)….Former Oilers Owner PETER POCKLINGTON put one of his Stanley Cup rings “up for online auction” for the second time (EDMONTON JOURNAL, 5/23)….The New York State Senate named USTA Serves Exec Dir DEBORAH SLANER LARKIN one of its Women of Distinction (USTA)….The sentencing for former Fiesta Bowl COO NATALIE WISNESKI, who “pleaded guilty to conspiracy, has been postponed from June 6 to Sept. 17” (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 5/23).
TITLE IX: SportsBusiness Daily/Journal wants to hear from you on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Title IX gender-equity legislation. How has Title IX affected your life? Has it had an impact on your children or other family members? What do you consider the lasting legacy of the legislation? Please send your comments for publication consideration to Mark Mensheha at mmensheha@sportsbusinessjournal.com. Watch then for stories of the impact and importance of Title IX to be told in your own words in a coming issue of SportsBusiness Journal.
