Bubba is celebrating 12 years as the DoA at UNC!

Bubba Cunningham, Director of Athletics at UNC, joins the Adam Gold show to touch on the biggest topics circulating college sports these days and how things have evolved over his 12 years there.

Would you rather be the chairman of basketball or football? The Big Ten was only in two time zones when Bubba started, now they’ll be in three. Students couldn’t earn a dime and now they’re able to make millions. What happened? What’s been the biggest challenge, in Bubba’s opinion, on how things have been progressing? Adam asks whether Bubba thinks college sports is focusing too much on money now or is it going in the right direction? Where does Bubba stand on the future of the ACC? How does Bubba feel about FSU and their comments about leaving the ACC because of money? Can an ACC exist without UNC in it..? Adam has his opinion on how the revenue gap can be closed, so he asks if Bubba agrees and thinks it’s a fair assumption or where might he see it being different? Maybe 5 years ago, this wasn’t a big deal…but why does it matter what my neighbor makes (referring to the ACC and Big 10 money)? Drake Maye is on the cover of College Football 2023. What is the responsibility of the school to maximize, not on the school’s image, but the player’s as well?