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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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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It creates a situation that would tolerate that format.
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Just the fundamental format, I think, needs explanation.
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I was very impressed with the culture of the committee. You leave your hat at the door, so to speak, and do the best that you can with the material that's in front of you. There's a lot of information and the data is used in a way that's very efficient in terms of comparing teams. Then you have subjective impressions and the final analysis.
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It doesn't do me any good to speculate.
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When we pick the final few teams, you couldn't slide a piece of paper between them.
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What I think you should know is that I'm not wedded to any particular format.
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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'll evaluate everybody. But in terms of the work ethic and the commitment of our officials, I think it's very strong.
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Hurricane Katrina has devastated the lives of victims in four of the SEC's states, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, and may continue to do so for months and years to come,
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He has resigned and will no longer officiate in the Southeastern Conference. If he had not resigned, he would have been prevented from officiating in this league.
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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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At the end of the day, each committee member has to make a subjective judgment about the teams.
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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.