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Controversy reigns in SEC circles.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Troy Johnson
COLUMBUS, Ga. _ This should be a golden age for the Southeastern Conference, but not solely because of the record $109 million in revenue split among its members last spring.
Aside from bolstering its already-bulging bank balance in the last year, the SEC also celebrated its 14th national championship in football, the hiring of its first black football coach, the hiring of its first black athletic director, higher television ratings and the passage of six million fans through its stadium turnstiles.
So why, then, did SEC commissioner Mike Slive, a self-described "recovering lawyer," sound as if he was delivering an opening argument in a courtroom this past week during the league's media days?
Slive, who once helped defend college athletic programs involved in NCAA ...
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...letter." In an e-mail SEC Commissioner Mike Slive adopted a mostly genteel...over the last 15 years. Slive responded by pointing out the SEC has five national titles...standards to compete with the SEC. Slive sidestepped the issue of...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Controversy reigns in SEC circles.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)