Template:Did you know nominations/Rick Bay

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 18:46, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Rick Bay

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... that Rick Bay (pictured) has served as COO of the New York Yankees, president of the Cleveland Indians, athletic director at Ohio State and Oregon, and wrestling coach at Michigan?

Reviewed: Monte Westmore

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 07:14, 24 August 2013 (UTC).

Newly created August 23, nominated the next day. 9.5 k in prose. Image is listed as PD. Citations in every paragraph. These include verification of his serving as COO of the Yankees (#21), Ohio State AD (#13), Oregon AD (#9), and Michigan wrestling coach (#6). Minor issue: while this citation says Bay would tentatively take over as the Indians CEO, this citation says Bay resigned as the Indians' COO, and doesn't say he served as their CEO. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:07, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Also, it seems kind of impressive that he was AD at four different schools, no? Especially if that's some sort of record. Shouldn't the hook include SDSU and Minnesota as well? – Muboshgu (talk) 14:15, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

The sources do seem to conflict as to whether his secondary title with the Indians was CEO or COO, but the sources are consistent that his main title was "president" and so I changed the hook accordingly. As for being AD at 4 schools, that is impressive, but he has held so many positions that it's hard to fit it all in. I think it's most impressive that he's had high posts in different sports and with major organizations like the Yankees, Indians, Ohio State, Oregon, and Michigan. Cbl62 (talk) 14:14, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

I certainly defer to the nominator on what to include in the hook. The above hook is approved. Image is PD, so free to use. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:06, 24 September 2013 (UTC)