Oregon
Report: Phil Knight “Working The Phones” To Find Oregon A New Home
BERKELEY, CA – SEPTEMBER 29: Chairman Emeritus of Nike, Inc., Phil Knight watches because the Oregon Geese play towards the California Golden Bears within the fourth quarter of their sport at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Oregon defeated Cal 42-24. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Digital First Media/The Mercury Information by way of Getty Photos)
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Faculty soccer chaos is getting the most effective of Phil Knight. In accordance with Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports activities, Nike’s co-found has lowered to “working the telephones” to try to discover Oregon a brand new dwelling.
The College of Oregon has been unnoticed of the combo within the newest spherical of convention realignment. Now, the Geese are literally staring down the potential of by no means enjoying for a nationwide championship, in any sport, once more.
Per Dodd, Knight is actually cold-calling different conferences to try to get Oregon out of the Pac-12 and into the Large Ten or SEC.
“The true impression of this newest spherical of convention realignment is the picture of one of many world’s strongest sports activities figures ‘working the telephones.’ That is how one supply this week described Phil Knight’s stage of desperation,” stated Dodd, by way of CBS Sports activities.
The issue Oregon is presently going through is that it is a “tweener” on the earth of convention realignment proper now.
The Large Ten and SEC are holding off on including the Pacific Northwest college. Oregon, in the meantime, is just too good for each the Pac-12 and Large 12. So what is the resolution?
The unhappy actuality is the Geese do not have a transparent path ahead. However guys like Knight aren’t used to being instructed “no.” He’ll discover a approach for Oregon – he virtually all the time has.