With college football in full swing we decided to throw a “Hail Mary” and see if we could get one of the most influential people in the world of collegiate athletics to agree to speak with us.

Touchdown!

Arizona State University’s Vice President for University Athletics and Athletics Director Ray Anderson’s interview with SLA Podcast Host and renowned Sports Lawyer Mark Rodgers ranged from Ray’s time working in professional sports to advice he’d offer others culled from a long and successful career.  Anderson came to ASU from the NFL and before that worked as a professional agent.

Ray also serves as a board member of the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame; a member of the NCAA Football Oversight Committee; Chair of the new Ad Hoc NCAA Football Competition Committee and he is on the Green Sports Alliance Advisory Board. Anderson was also one of a group of minority athletics directors to meet with NCAA President Mark Emmert and NCAA Leadership at the 2016 College Football Playoffs in Phoenix and encouraged the creation of a collegiate "Rooney Rule" to encourage diversity and inclusion in the hiring of athletics leadership.