Mike Slive
Mike Slive
Michael Lawrence Sliveis an American attorney and college sports executive. Slive is the former commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, a college athletics association. As part of his role as the SEC Commissioner, he served as the coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series for the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons. He was a member of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee through September 2009 and served as the chairman of the committee for the 2008–09 academic year. He has announced...
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It's important now that this loophole be looked at nationally, ... In 2000, when the N.C.A.A. decided to move away from some critical analysis, it opened the door and people moved ahead with it.
everybody media
I'm the commissioner and I wanted everybody here on my media day. I'm disappointed he is not here.
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One of the great things about the Southeastern Conference is our fans and our support -- the importance of college football. On occasion that exuberance goes over the top. What we'd ultimately like to do is channel it on the field.
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I think one of the things that we need to be doing over the next several months is explaining the double-hosting model, which is in effect the national championship game rotating through the four bowls. I think there might be some confusion as to how the teams get to the (title) game.
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This is brand new for me so I didn't think about it at all. It's interesting that it has not come up before. If such an issue were to arise ... it's one that we will have to begin to think about and talk about.
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I will have discussions with our athletics directors soon and will recommend that we eliminate the subjective element of the tiebreaker and replace it with objective criteria.
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I used to go to more games than I do now. Every game you see in person you probably miss somewhere between five and 10 games.
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(This) could certainly serve as a structure for a different format.
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Coaches develop relationships with these students, and if they come to believe in them as people, not just athletes, they want to give them the benefit of the doubt if they can. Not all of them make it. We know that. But we have given them the opportunity.
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That's what makes this conference like it is - they're icons. And coach Vaught was certainly a great icon of SEC sports.
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What's happened in our league is what I think a lot of us anticipated. Young league teams have gotten better as the season has moved forward. As a result, we're much deeper and more competitive than people maybe thought we were a couple of months ago.
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To make it a BCS issue devalues the conversation. It is not a BCS subject but an issue for the Division I commissioners to address. It has clearly moved from the back burner to the front.
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We really don't have any concern about that. One thing this tragedy taught us is that we all need to be flexible.
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We'll evaluate everybody. But in terms of the work ethic and the commitment of our officials, I think it's very strong.