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7.21.2010

Media Days: SLIVE SPEAKS

Hey everyone.

I forgot that Mike Slive, the SEC's commish, is speaking first.

So let's hear what he has to say:


  • The 86 Southeastern Conference games played last season drew 6.5 million fans. That's a 76,000 average.

  • The SEC had 49 players drafted last season.

  • On disciplinary troubles: "The problematic behavior of few casts a dark cloud over many."

  • He goes on to discuss players who have done great things. First up was Jordan Anderson, the Auburn swimmer who was named a Rhodes Scholar.

  • He acknowledged the Alabama/Dareus situation and provided a little information about how the SEC requires the school to provide an extensive review. "It's difficult, if not impossible, for institutions to know what might have taken place."

  • "It is time to re-examine the NCAA rules that relate to agents. This is a national problem that requires a national agent strategy for agents -- from enforcement to an assistance-based issue."

  • "We in the SEC look forward to being active participants in this review."

  • On expansion: "As it turned out, the paradigm shift never materialized. In the future, there may be continued interest in conference expansion by some."

  • He spoke/memorialized Myles Brand, the NCAA president who died suddenly last year.

  • This will be Slive's ninth season with the league.

  • That's a wrap.

26 Comments:

Blogger Ephemeral said...

uno?

12:31 PM  
Blogger Ephemeral said...

Lucky at lunch post.

Looking forward to it, Jay!

12:32 PM  
Blogger War Eagle Girl said...

waiting.........for the blawgin

12:33 PM  
Blogger War Eagle Girl said...

wow.I wouldn't want to be the guy who let the internet go down.

12:34 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

Chizco will speak with substance.

12:34 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

jgt, do you have jet's $aban question ready to go?

12:36 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

It would be great if he'd take up all of li'l nick's allotted time.

12:36 PM  
Blogger API said...

"Bear with him" says the homer on bamer day.

12:36 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Slimy Slive substance.

12:37 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

"I've talked with Coach Saban regarding any of his players that might have been at the event in Miami, and he assured me that no players were there. I consider the matter closed."

12:38 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

"For his cooperation with the SEC investigation, I have assured Coach Saban that our officials will call fewer holding penalties on his team this season."

12:39 PM  
Blogger Ephemeral said...

I challenge JayG to use the word "shug" on Auburn day.

12:41 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

"My salary this year will be tied to the number of fans that attend SEC games. Member institutions, with the exception of Alabama, will be assessed $1 per fan for each home game. Dr. Witt and Mal Moore petitioned me to have Alabama excluded because Coach Saban's contract mandates that he be the highest paid person in the league, and they couldn't afford anymore money -- what with the economy and the cost of players these days."

12:42 PM  
Blogger Eddie McCoy said...

Here we go. See what Bama Slive and Nick have to say today.

12:43 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

fewer? As in subzero holding penalties?

12:43 PM  
Blogger Scott Chocolate said...

Y'all left me playing on the last thread! Be sure to go back and read my scintillating (sp?) comments.

12:47 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

cecil hurt's first question:

"oh exhalted coach and mentor of men $aban, has your dutiful servant commissioner slive assured the ncaa that there is no circumstance in which the universitah could have or ever would have any representative or player do anything that would remotely break any ncaa legislation? and one follow up. can i sniff your rear end after the press conference?"

12:48 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

penalize the defense when bammer ol holds.

12:49 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

hip hip War Eagle!!! for Jordan Anderson!!!

12:52 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

smarter than all the meth cookers combined.

12:53 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

slive: "We in the SEC look forward to being active participants in this review."

the image of a cat covering a turd comes to mind.

12:56 PM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

This internet situation sucks.

12:57 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

so does bammer.

12:57 PM  
Blogger chip chip said...

checking out the live bloggin' and applying for unemployment at the same time. now that is multitasking.

12:58 PM  
Blogger War Eagle Girl said...

chip...you are on today.

1:03 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

I refuse to participate in that Satanic bloggin'. Now if he's gonna get a floggin', I'll be at the front of the line.

1:39 PM  

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