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From the Bird's Nest: Slive's Proposals Have Merit

Jay Walker — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:33:39 +0000

Yesterday, the annual zoo that is Southeastern Conference Media Days got underway. Normally, Commissioner Mike Slive would be touting the fact that the SEC has won the last five BCS football titles, the last three NCAA baseball titles and the financial state of the league.

Not this time.

Yesterday, Slive, who just saw LSU hit

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive Proposes NCAA Change

Steve Peloquin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:10:54 +0000

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive opened SEC media days, on Wednesday, saying college sports has "lost the benefit of the doubt", after a few recent scandals.

"Oversigning" could become a thing of the past in the SEC

Jay Walker — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:31:25 +0000

In any given year, a Division I school can give out as many as 25 football scholarships.

Yet, for many years, schools "oversigned," meaning they would sign more than 25, knowing that some of them wouldn't qualify academically