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Conference Expansion Rumors
Just when it looked liked the Houston Chronicle had quashed the newest rumors that Texas A&M is going to the SEC (in reality the Board of Regents was meeting to discuss the Longhorn Network), Jon Wilner and SportsByBrooks brought the topic back to the floor last night on Twitter. What remains clear...
SEC Media Days: Grading Mike Slive's Proposals
As Glenn reported yesterday, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive proposed a plethora of changes to the existing academic business model SEC schools currently live (or die) by. His proposed amendments touched on several aspects of collegiate athletics, including: scholarships,...
Kentucky Athletics: Is The NCAA Serious About Meaningful Change?
One apparent side benefit of all this recent Sturm und Drang about the off-season specter of secession from the NCAA, raised by John Calipari among others, is that it seems to have prompted the NCAA to at least give lip service to the idea of cleaning up it's outdated and often unenforceable rules....












