Slive slyly takes shots during SEC Media Days In his annual state of the conference address, Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive touted the league's accomplishments - starting, as always, with those seven consecutive BCS national championships - and in the next 20 minutes Tuesday, he quoted Albert Einstein and James Baldwin, alluded to Teddy Roosevelt and referred to Johann Gutenberg. But what he didn't quite say might have been ...
July 17, 2013 - Pensacola News Journal
SEC commissioner Mike Slive: NCAA needs to make progress In an opening statement that referenced Benjamin Franklin, Johann Gutenberg, James Baldwin, Albert Einstein, Theodore Roosevelt and the Gordian Knot, SEC commissioner Mike Slive said he supported the NCAA and executive director Mark Emmert, but suggested it’s time to think about college sports’ governing body in a different way. It was perhaps the most open challenge to the NCAA structure by a ...
July 16, 2013 - The Kansas City Star