Masterofreality
01-10-2011, 04:34 PM
Great NY Times article by Pete Hamil on the SEC and how it "investigates" potential violations.
Mike "Slime" Slive is the Commissioner and betwen his tenure at Convict USA and now the SEC, he has always been a bit dubious. No reason to think anything differently now.
"Interviews with officials in all six major conferences revealed a perception of criticism over the SEC’s handling of cases. The league’s reputation is that it considers allegations more like a defense lawyer than a prosecutor. Roe Lach is familiar with that notion and said she disagreed with it.
Slive and Sankey fervently dispute it, and agreed that the impetus could be the SEC’s being on the verge of its fifth straight national title. But fair or not, the criticism of the SEC’s so-called defense lawyer mentality exists.
“I’ve heard that criticism,” said Kevin Weiberg, the Pacific-10 Conference’s deputy commissioner, who is a former commissioner of the Big 12. “It’s not something I’ve personally witnessed. I’ve not heard enough about their process to pass judgment, but I’ve certainly heard that.”
SEC "Polices"? (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/sports/ncaafootball/10auburn.html?_r=1&ref=sports)
Mike "Slime" Slive is the Commissioner and betwen his tenure at Convict USA and now the SEC, he has always been a bit dubious. No reason to think anything differently now.
"Interviews with officials in all six major conferences revealed a perception of criticism over the SEC’s handling of cases. The league’s reputation is that it considers allegations more like a defense lawyer than a prosecutor. Roe Lach is familiar with that notion and said she disagreed with it.
Slive and Sankey fervently dispute it, and agreed that the impetus could be the SEC’s being on the verge of its fifth straight national title. But fair or not, the criticism of the SEC’s so-called defense lawyer mentality exists.
“I’ve heard that criticism,” said Kevin Weiberg, the Pacific-10 Conference’s deputy commissioner, who is a former commissioner of the Big 12. “It’s not something I’ve personally witnessed. I’ve not heard enough about their process to pass judgment, but I’ve certainly heard that.”
SEC "Polices"? (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/sports/ncaafootball/10auburn.html?_r=1&ref=sports)