Athletics Decisions in 30 Minutes or Less

Hello there, good peoples.

Funny story. Not really related to anything around here.

On March 8, the University of Michigan wil introduce David Brandon as the school's new athletic director. Brandon is not a former player or coach. He didn't rise through the athletic department ranks at any school. In fact, he almost no athletics-related experience in his professional background.

Instead, since 1999, he served as the CEO of Domino's Pizza.

Sound a little strange? Well, apparently, hiring good businessmen -- and not necessarily a former jock -- is a growing trend in big-budget athletic departments. The New York Times did a nice piece on it yesterday. You can find it here Businessmen ADs.

The interesting part of this to me, however, isn't so much that Michigan is hiring a guy with no sports experience. It's that the school is hiring this guy.

In case you haven't noticed, Domino's isn't exactly setting the world on fire these days. Just recently, with sales lagging, the company essentially admitted that it was producing a terrible product. New Domino's commercials tell you that the company has replaced the cheese, improved the crust and gone with a new sauce.

That's like Ford coming out and saying, Listen, we've been having a little trouble lately and we think that maybe it's because our car isn't so good. So, to improve, we're going to change the engine, body and wheels.

So, good luck with that, Michigan.