Welcome in NIC Daily December 31st, New Year's Eve.

That's Greg Barnes.

I'm Tommy Ashley, responsive by Johnny T-shirt.

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Today, as the crawl suggests, we're going to talk about Lee Robertson, the North Carolina,

or the new Carolina landscape.

Greg, athletics is but a part of his function as chancellor of the university, but it's a

very important part, especially given the explosion of money and financials in college

athletics.

Yeah, for sure.

And when you look at kind of what he stepped into, it's just

been a whirlwind because you've got NIL continuing to evolve. And then, of course,

you're really about the time that he started in the permanent role is when the house settlement

conversation started.

And it was delayed and delayed, but it was kind of working behind the scenes.

And then, of course, that finally came out and started July 1 of this year.

And then the other part of it, too, is, you know, conference re-alignment, those conversations,

as well as the the Clemson and the Florida State lawsuit and how that played out back in the spring in terms of finally the ACC allowing some potential exits without that massive exit penalty in terms of the media rights.

So there's been a lot that has gone on with in the ACC at UNC and of course nationally since Lee Roberts took over.

And when I sat down with him this summer one distinction that he was he

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