Larry Scott (born November 21, 1964[1][2]) is an American sports administrator and former professional tennis player who was the commissioner of the collegiate Pac-12 Conference until 2021.
Before Scott's tenure, two of the four Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon and the French Open, awarded less prize money to women than to men.
[5][6] On March 24, 2009, Scott announced that he was resigning as chairman and CEO of the Women's Tennis Association in order to take a new position as the commissioner of the collegiate Pacific-10 Conference on July 1, 2009.
[9] Scott received criticism during his tenure for overspending, including his controversial decision to shift the Pac-12 offices into a multi-story building in San Francisco that cost conference members a total of $92 million in rent over 11 years - a rate significantly higher than that of other Power 5 conference headquarters.
[10][11][12] Commentators assess Scott's tenure as a failure that led to the effective dissolution of the conference under successor George Kliavkoff two years later.
A major issue was the decision to launch the Pac-12 Network without a broadcast partner, and then fail to negotiate carriage rights with DirecTV.