Tinker: I'm about to scream. Because I keep looking at the image of people dressed all up on my television, to only act like bad guys, hiding behind bull talk. Just what in the world are they doing, anyway? And who in the world are they trying to fool.
Because there is no secrets that we don't already know about. And all that they are doing is lying to themselves, and one another. I think that they should dress with the letter ( P ) for phony. And then ( W ) for wasting your time. Do you think that the age of the influence from television is on the decline. Will the people looking at TV finally get the real picture of what they are seeing?
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Vols financially strapped but not alone
January, 29, 2013
By
Kristi Dosh | ESPN.com
The financial health of University of Tennessee athletics looks grim on paper: $200 million in debt. A 2012 season that saw the worst football attendance since 1979. Just under $2 million in reserves.
Although it might sound like one of the SEC’s most storied programs is in a full collapse (SportsBusiness Journal points out the Vols’ $200 million in debt is the most in the SEC), the university’s financial status may not be that far out of line with other conference schools.
Comparing fiscal health between universities can be a tough task, as schools use vastly different procedures for financing and building new facilities. And every school has unique funding and expense circumstances.
For example, the University of Kentucky carries no outstanding debt or debt service on the facility where its teams play basketball. Rupp Arena is owned by the city, and the Wildcats pay rent and split revenue on parking and concessions instead. It’s a pretty good deal.
In addition, outstanding debt and debt service for athletic departments can fluctuate greatly from year to year. Just a year ago, Alabama and LSU carried more debt on their books than Tennessee. According to Alabama’s 2010-11 NCAA financial disclosure, it had outstanding debt of $207 million. LSU came in right behind at $202 million. Tennessee was third in the conference at $188 million. For the 2010-11 fiscal year, Tennessee was fifth when it came to annual debt service payments, behind Alabama, LSU, Georgia and Auburn.
The schools change positions in such rankings based on a few factors, with one being short-term financing that is later converted to long-term financing. This is the reason Tennessee saw its debt service payments jump from $7.7 million in 2010-11 to $13.5 million in 2011-12. According to the University of Florida’s University Athletic Association audited financials for the 2010-11 fiscal year, current debt payments of $6 million will balloon to $31 million in 2018.
Other factors when looking at the fiscal health of an athletic department:
• How much a department must return to the university. Tennessee has returned $29 million the past five years under agreements from a previous administration, for example.
• Tax expenses. Tennessee is in a unique position in relation to its SEC peers because it pays 9.25 percent in sales tax on tickets sold, and an additional 5 percent on tickets for football, and men’s and women’s basketball.
But no matter how it’s measured, amassed or counted, debt is money owed, and it has to be paid back.
Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart has asked Chancellor Jimmy Cheek for help.
“I asked him, would he consider when we’re done renegotiating the SEC [television] contract, could all the money stay in athletics, and he said, ‘Yes,’” said Hart. “Secondly, because we were in a football staff transition, I said, ‘Will you return some of that athletics money [currently committed under previous agreements to the university] so we can stabilize?’ and he agreed.”
Last year’s athletics budget shortage was covered by athletic reserves but depleted the fund to just $1.95 million.
“That was the biggest surprise to me, that our reserve had reached that level,” said Hart, who was hired 16 months ago. “In this conference, that’s unusual.”
The chancellor has agreed that funds of $7 million per year previously committed to the university will be suspended for three years, in an effort to rebuild the reserve fund.
Asked if any sports will have to be contracted in order to make ends meet, Hart said, “Absolutely not.”
Referring to the current situation as a “perfect storm” of financial events, Hart said, “We’ll be fine long-term -- no question in my mind.”
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SEC entry yields another hefty gift for Mizzou
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (Associated Press) | The Associated PressCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- By all measures, Missouri endured a disappointing football debut in the Southeastern Conference, slogging through a 5-7 season in 2012 that disrupted a seven-year streak of bowl games under Coach Gary Pinkel.
Off the field, Mizzou's SEC-driven success has been far more noticeable. On Tuesday, school officials announced an $8.3 million gift from Don and Audrey Walsworth of Marceline to be used to improve and expand Memorial Stadium and also build a new clubhouse for the men's and women's golf teams at a private course in Columbia.
The donation follows a $30 million gift from the Kansas City Sports Trust in June - the second largest private gift of any kind in school history - and a $6.4 million anonymous athletics contribution in December.
''We have to have the facilities to attract men and women of SEC caliber,'' said Walsworth, an MU graduate, CEO of a northern Missouri publishing company and former chairman of the university's Board of Curators. ''We have kind of a grace period right now, but we're going to have to step up.''
Two of the Walsworths' three children played golf for Mizzou. A third, Don Walsworth Jr., was a Pac-10 golf champion as a Stanford University senior.
The school plans to add 6,000 seats to its football stadium, which now holds 71,004 fans. Eight SEC stadiums hold more than 80,000, with Bryant-Denny Stadium at Alabama and Tennessee's Neyland Stadium topping 100,000.
Missouri envisions a total of $200 million of athletic facility upgrades, funded in part by $72 million of debt financing through 30-year revenue bonds. The school hopes to recoup its entire investment through the sale of additional premium seats and football luxury boxes.
Also on Tuesday, Missouri athletics director Mike Alden offered his first public comments on reports that men's basketball coach Frank Haith could be charged with committing NCAA violations while at Miami.
CBSSports.com has reported that Haith, who spent seven mostly middling years at Miami before his surprise hire by Alden in 2011, will face charges of unethical conduct by the NCAA.
Two former Miami assistant coaches have been told they will also face unethical conduct charges as part of a two-year NCAA inquiry, two people familiar with the situation have told The Associated Press. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither the NCAA nor Miami has released the expected notice of allegations.
Days before the report's anticipated release, the Miami investigation took a dramatic turn last week when NCAA President Mark Emmert announced that former NCAA investigators improperly collaborated with lawyers for disgraced Hurricane booster Nevin Shapiro, a convicted felon. Shapiro has claimed he provided cash, cars, prostitutes and other impermissible benefits to dozens of Miami football players and other athletes between 2002 and 2010 with the knowledge of multiple coaches and athletics employees.
Alden said he discussed his concerns with Emmert on Monday at a winter meeting of athletic directors on Marco Island, Fla., as well as with a group of peers from Arizona, Illinois, North Carolina and Syracuse while on a 12-day tour of Nike manufacturing facilities in southeast Asia.
''I've never seen anything like that before in my tenure in college athletics,'' he said. ''So, I certainly think it raises lots of questions. I appreciate the fact that the NCAA has come up and they're addressing it. We'll kind of have to see how that plays out.''
''There's a significant amount of concern nationally relative to the integrity of the process and transparency,'' Alden added, emphasizing the impact of the NCAA's self-inquiry could be felt far beyond Coral Gables and Columbia.
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NCAA athletes can pursue TV money
NCAA Athletes Can Legally Pursue TV Money
Judge
Claudia Wilken rejected the NCAA's motion that players in the antitrust
suit should be precluded from advancing their lawsuit to claim a share
of all television game revenues.Tags: Tom Farrey, College Sports, TV Revenue
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Judge Claudia Wilken issued her ruling Tuesday, rejecting the NCAA's motion that players in the antitrust suit led by former UCLA star Ed O'Bannon should be precluded from advancing their lawsuit on procedural grounds.
"Now the (NCAA and its co-defendants) are facing potential liability in the billions of dollars instead of tens or hundreds of millions. It's a more accurate context for what the players deserve."The NCAA had objected to the players amending their lawsuit last year to claim a share of all television game revenues, not just those from rebroadcasts.
-- Michael Hausfeld, interim lead counsel for plaintiffs
"Now the (NCAA and its co-defendants) are facing potential liability that's based on the billions of dollars in revenue instead of tens or hundreds of millions," said Michael Hausfeld, interim lead counsel for the plaintiffs. "It's a more accurate context for what the players deserve."
Unlike NFL or NBA athletes, players lack a union or similar body to negotiate a share of revenues flowing from media and other licensing contracts. The NCAA does not legally treat athletes as employees, and players have not organized to represent their interests collectively.
The O'Bannon suit attacks that model through the means of class-action, the legal question now before Wilken. Former college stars such as Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson have joined O'Bannon on behalf of all Division I players in football and men's basketball, asking Wilken to declare that they are similarly situated and to certify the class.
Wilken on Tuesday set the hearing on that motion for June 20 and ordered the NCAA to make its arguments against class certification on the merits rather than procedural objections such as the one she just rejected. The NCAA was joined in that motion by its partner, Collegiate Licensing Company.
In a statement, NCAA general counsel Donald Remy characterized the ruling as a partial victory for the NCAA.
"Although our motion to strike was denied, the judge has signaled skepticism on plaintiff's class-certification motion and recognized the plaintiffs' radical change in their theory of the case," Remy said. "This is a step in the right direction toward allowing the NCAA to further demonstrate why this case is wrong on the law and that plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate that this case satisfies the criteria for class litigation."
The ruling was met with enthusiasm by Hausfeld, who leads a team that includes more than a dozen law firms that have invested more than $20 million in legal fees pursuing the lawsuit since 2009. The prospect of an award that recognizes live broadcast revenues helps support their efforts.
In the event that the plaintiffs prevail, Hausfeld has set up a mechanism for players to collect licensing revenues. The Former College Athletes Association (FCAA) would negotiate licenses with the NCAA, member colleges, video game and media companies, according to Jon King, a former Hausfeld LLC lawyer who worked on the case.
King disclosed the existence of the FCAA in a wrongful termination suit he filed against Hausfeld earlier this month. He was fired by Hausfeld for undisclosed reasons in October, after serving as one of the lead lawyers in developing the case for the plaintiffs.
Details about the FCAA are scant, but Hausfeld said it would not serve as a revenue stream for his firm. Overseeing formation of the FCAA are Sonny Vaccaro, an unpaid consultant who has worked with Hausfeld to build the anti-trust case; Ramogi Huma, president of the National College Players Association; and Ken Feinberg, a prominent Washington D.C. attorney who helped distribute nearly $7 billion to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and has run other major victim compensation efforts.
Wilken has set a jury trial on the matter, if it gets that far, for June 2014.
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
With just one week until National Signing Day and the big Recruiting Bash, the question I've been getting the most lately is how I think this class will finish. LSU currently has 27 commitments and has room to take at least two more, if they so desire. There is also a strong possibility that one or two of the current commitments will not qualify (as is almost always the case), opening up another spot or two. However, one thing to keep in mind is that Louisiana will be loaded like never before for next year's class, and that could be reason enough for Coach Miles to be conservative with the remaining scholarships this year. As of today, here's my educated guess at where LSU stands with remaining targets for this class:
Duke Riley (LB, 6'1", 212, John Curtis) - 60%
Eddie Jackson (ATH, 6’1”, 180, Fort Lauderdale, FL) - 35%
Priest Willis (S, 6'2", 185, Tempe, AZ) - 35%
Cethan Carter (TE), 6'4", 235, Rummel. - 35%
Jamal Carter (S, 6'1", 190, Miami) - 30%
Tashawn Bower (DL, 6’5”, 250, Somerville, NJ) - 30%
Other (Someone not listed here) - 25%
Robert Nkemdiche (DE, 6'5", 265, Loganville, GA) - 15%
A few notes on the list above: Eddie Jackson is reportedly making his decision this morning, and it appears to be a two-school race between Alabama and LSU. Duke Riley and Cethan Carter both currently hold greyshirt offers. I've been hearing a lot of rumblings lately about Riley getting a full offer soon if the numbers work out (and it appears that they will). Priest Willis committed to UCLA last week, but Coach Miles made an in-home visit Monday night and won’t give up until his paper is signed.
Today I have continued revealing my list of Top Louisiana Prospects for the Class of 2014 by backing up a bit and revealing numbers 51-60. I was going to keep counting down the final three since I had already posted numbers 4-50, but to tell you the truth I'm still a bit undecided as to how to order my final three. Those of you who follow recruiting closely can probably guess who the top three will be just by process of elimination. I'm also debating whether to stop at 60 or go on and list 70, 75 or maybe even 100. I've got a total of 132 prospects on my list counting those that will be listed as “Honorable Mention” or “Best of the Rest.” Click here to see the current list-in-progress. Read more...http://www.dandydon.
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LSU Football - Geaux Tigers!!!
| Times Picayune | LSU expected to receive commitment from John Curtis linebacker Duke Riley |
| ESPN Radio | Audio (9 min): Les Miles on recruiting process, college offenses influence on NFL |
| Times Picayune | Tevin Lawson weighing LSU grayshirt, other options |
| FOX 8 Sports | Video (2 min, 23 sec): Francois and Taylor hope for Super Bowl glory |
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The Bayou Effect 0
Published: Jan. 28, 2013 at 06:55 p.m. | 4,477 Views
03:51 – One in every 74,000 residents of
Louisiana plays in the NFL, the highest per capita of any state. Brian
Unger traveled to the small town of Boutte, La. (pop. 3,000) to
investigate why the Bayou region sends players to the league at such an
astonishing rate.
For the old-timers.
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LSU Football History 1960 - 1969 | |||||
| Season | Coach | Record | Bowl Game | Final Ranking | |
| 1960 | Paul Dietzel | 5-4-1 (2-3-1) | |||
| 1961 | Paul Dietzel | 10-1 (6-0) | Orange Bowl | 4 | |
| 1962 | Charles McClendon | 9-1-1 (5-1) | Cotton Bowl | 7 | |
| 1963 | Charles McClendon | 7-4 (4-2) | Bluebonnet Bowl | ||
| 1964 | Charles McClendon | 8-2-1 (4-2-1) | Sugar Bowl | 7 | |
| 1965 | Charles McClendon | 8-3 (3-3) | Cotton Bowl | 8 | |
| 1966 | Charles McClendon | 5-4-1 (3-3) | |||
| 1967 | Charles McClendon | 7-3-1 (3-2-1) | Sugar Bowl | ||
| 1968 | Charles McClendon | 8-3 (4-2) | Peach Bowl | 19 | |
| 1969 | Charles McClendon | 9-1 (4-1) | 10 | ||
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For the New-Timers.
| LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2005–present) | |||||||||
| 2005 | LSU | 11-2 | 7–1 | 1st (West) | W Chick-fil-A | 10 | 10 | ||
| 2006 | LSU | 11–2 | 6–2 | T-2nd (West) | W Sugar† | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2007 | LSU | 12–2 | 6–2 | 1st (West) | W BCS NCG† | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | LSU | 8-5 | 3-5 | 3rd (West) | W Chick-fil-A | ||||
| 2009 | LSU | 9-4 | 5-3 | 2nd (West) | L Capital One | 17 | 17 | ||
| 2010 | LSU | 11–2 | 6–2 | T-2nd (West) | W Cotton | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2011 | LSU | 13-1 | 8–0 | 1st (West) | L BCS NCG† | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | LSU | 10-3 | 6–2 | T–2nd (West) | L Chick-fil-A | 7 | 9 | ||
| LSU: | 84–21 | 47–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 113–42 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. | |||||||||
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The year that brought Les Miles down; I remember that night well:
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SEC Blog
Poll: Who will finish with the top class?
January, 30, 2013
By
Edward Aschoff | ESPN.com
We are a week away from national signing day and the SEC is yet again
cleaning up in the recruiting game. Five teams -- Florida, Alabama,
Texas A&M, LSU and Georgia -- currently rank within the top 10 of
the ESPN's RecruitingNation class rankings.
Florida and Alabama sit atop the rankings, but who will be No. 1 once signing day has come and gone? Well, we're asking our faithful readers to take a stab at peering into their crystal ball.
Alabama has 22 commitments, with 10 ESPN 150 members and 14 ESPN 300 members. Tunsil is seriously considering the Crimson Tide, while former Auburn defensive tackle commit Dee Liner, who is the No. 4 defensive tackle in the country, is now thought to be a heavy lean to Alabama. Top defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes is set to visit Alabama this weekend, and Tide coaches are also looking to snatch ESPN 150 safety Antonio Conner of Batesville, Miss., away from the state of Mississippi. Alabama is still after Mississippi State defensive end commit Chris Jones (ESPN 150) and top inside linebacker Reuben Foster, who was once committed to Alabama.Read more...http://espn.go.com/
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