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>>GERRY: HE'S GONE FROMOVERSEEING ONE OF AMERICA'S MOSTHIGH PROFILE SPORTING EVENTS TOGUIDING AN NCAA DIVISION 3

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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THISWEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.BILL ...

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>>BILL: GERRY, THANKS.INDIANAPOLIS NATIVE GREG SHAHEENROSE FROM THE RANKS OF MEN'SFINAL FOUR VOLUNTEER TO ACTUALLY

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ORCHESTRATING THE NCAA'S MEN'SDIVISION ONE MEN'S BASKETBALLTOURNAMENT, BUT NOW HE'S FOUND AHOME AT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR AT

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WABASH COLLEGE WHERE THE BIGGAME - THE MONON BELL GAMEBETWEEN WABASH AND DEPAUW - HASREPLACED THE BIG DANCE AS HIS

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ANNUAL FOCUS.AND WE WELCOME GREG TO THE SHOWTHIS IS QUITE A TRANSITION YOUARE RUNNING THE NCAA FROM

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2000-2012 AND ORCHESTRATING THEBIG DANCE AND THEN YOU GET INTHE CONSULTING BUSINESS AND ONEOF YOUR GIGS IS WABASH AND YOU

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END UP AS ATHLETIC DIRECTORQUITE A TRANSITION.>> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THESTUDENT ATHLETES ARE THE COMMON

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DENOMINATOR SO THE OPPORTUNITYTO BE ON CAMPUS AND WORK WITH ANINSTITUTION AS UNIQUE AS WHILEBASHES WITH 1,000 STUDENTS,

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REMARKABLE TRADITION IT'S AWONDERFUL COMBINATION OFELEMENTS THAT REALLY MADE SENSE.>> WHAT COMMONALITIES AND,

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AGAIN, YOU DEVELOPED WHEN YOUWERE WITH THE NCAABILLION-DOLLAR TELEVISIONCONTRACTS, SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY

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THE CRASS COMMERCIALIZATION OFNCAA ATHLETICS, BUT NOW YOU AREIN THIS IDYLLIC PLACE AND WHATARE THE SIMILARITIES?

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>> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT INTERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MALESTUDENT ATHLETES WABASH COLLEGEHAS THE SAME NUMBER OF MALE

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STUDENT ATHLETES AS THEUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AT THEDIVISION I LEVEL WE JUST DO ITWITH THE BUDGET A LITTLE LESS

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THAN 1 PERCENT OF WHAT THEUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HAS.IT'S ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY ANDTHE EXPERIENCE, NOT UNLIKE WHAT

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YOU SEE IT EACH ONE OF THEDIVISIONS.IT IS WHAT THE ATHLETIC ABILITYENABLES YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE

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TO EXPERIENCE MORE BROADLY ASTHEY BECOME ADULTS AND SO IT'SWONDERFUL TO MEET YOUNG MEN FROMAROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND

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THE WORLD WHO COME TO INDIANA TOGET THEIR EDUCATION AND COMPETEAND BECOME MEN.>> CHIEF AMONG YOUR CHALLENGES

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>> A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHINGIT FITS NICELY WITH MY GENERALPHILOSOPHY OF NEVER ASK ANYONETO DO SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT

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WILLING TO DO YOURSELF.SO YOU WIND UP DOING A LITTLEBIT OF EVERYTHING.IN JANUARY THE FOOTBALL COACH

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AND I RAN THE CONCESSION STANDAND IT WAS A HEALTHY EXPERIENCE.>> LET'S TALK COMING UP THISNEXT WEEK THE BIG GAME AND I HAD

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THE HONOR OF COVERING THAT GAMEFOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THEINDIANAPOLIS * AND IT'S ACLASSIC CLASSIC INTERCOLLEGIATE

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TRADITION.>> YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT TOSOMEONE UNLESS THEY WITNESS ITOR TAKE IT IN ON TV.

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YOU WILL HAVE 10-20,000 FANS INONE PLACE THIS YEAR INGREENCASTLE.AND COVETED RIVALRY, FANS WHO

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ARE PASSIONATE BEYONDDESCRIPTION QUITE HONESTLY.AND IT WAS QUITE ANINDOCTRINATION LAST YEAR TO BE

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HOSTING AND WE HOSTED IT ABOUTFIVE OR SIX WEEKS AFTER ISTARTED AND I LEARNED A LOT.>> WABASH HAS 17 AND AROUND

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THEY LOST LAST YEAR SO ASATHLETIC DIRECTOR YOU ARE 0-1.THAT'S A HEAVY BURDEN.>> THANKS FOR REMINDING ME.

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NO ONE ELSE REMINDED ME BUT,GERRY DID ON MY WAY IN.>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIGANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE CITY OF

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INDIANAPOLIS THIS WEEK WITH THECOLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS.AGAIN YOUR 10 YEARS AT THE NCAAAND THEY ARE VERY PRESIDENT.

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THEY BROUGHT THE ASSOCIATIONHERE IN THE LATE '90s, BUTEXTRAORDINARY EVENT AGAIN FORTHE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.

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>> CROWN JEWEL, IF YOU WILLAND IT MAKES SENSE.IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTSTHAT INDIANAPOLIS HAS NOT YET

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HOSTED IF YOU THINK ABOUT THESUPER BOWL, FINAL FOUR,CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE MYRIAD OFMEETINGS THAT COME TO TOWN AS

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PART OF THE NCAA BUT 20 YEARSLATER IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE APARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS WELL.IT REALLY FITS NICELY WITHIN THE

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AMATEUR SPORTS CAPITAL THAT ALLOF OUR CITY FOUND HER FATHER'SIN THE TALKED ABOUT ANDENVISIONED.

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>> I KNOW YOU ARE A HUMBLE GUYBUT YOU HAD A ROLE IN MANY OFTHE THINGS THAT HAPPEN FORINDIANAPOLIS THROUGH THE NCAA