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Kevin Weiberg, the Pac-10 deputy commissioner and former Big 12 commissioner, said striking a competitive balance is critical.
These Big Five commissioners have called for their own super division where they make their own rules.
Slive, Swofford, Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe and Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese are open to discussion, but a stalemate appears to exist with the Pacific-10 and the Big Ten.
Two of the most powerful people in college sports, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and Pacific-10 Commissioner Larry Scott, expressed concerns Thursday about the N.C.A.A.'s decision to declare Auburn quarterback Cam Newton eligible for Saturday's Southeastern Conference championship game.
The others at the news conference were Bob Bowlsby, the Iowa athletic director; Dave Gavitt, the former Big East commissioner; and Jim Delany, the Big Ten commissioner.
Chuck Neinas, a former Big Eight commissioner, will take over as interim commissioner for Beebe, who held the job for five years.
Kevin Weiberg, the Big 12 commissioner, has talked to the Justice Department, as has Mike Tranghese, commissioner of the Big East, officials of the conferences said.
There was also an absence of solid answers, other than from the Pac-10 commissioner, Larry Scott, who said that no decision had been made and the Big 12 commissioner, Dan Beebe, who said that he felt good about the direction of the league.
