Tinker:
If life is a static thing people trying to change the social life that they live might not be possible, so just what is their struggle for change all about then?
What part of their life are they trying to change, or whatever they are calling their efforts to be different all about.If life is a static thing people trying to change the social life that they live might not be possible, so just what is their struggle for change all about then?
Looking
at the smiles and laughter of the quote "educated TV personalities on
television" talking and feeling like they are different than the
generations of people before them. Discussing and bloviating about their
life today is becoming a curious experience for me listening to them
now.
These social advancement that they seem to believe in and
have been practicing, don't hold up to further investigation. Just what
do we as a society have to brag so much about, may I dare to ask?Because they must have read or known about what happen in the French Revolution (French: Révolution française; 1789–1799)
My perception is whispering to me that this next America's economic fall is going to be the most fierce blow to the American people in my life time, and all of American past history.
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The U.S dollar is shrinking as a
percentage of the world's currency supply, raising concerns that the
greenback is about to see its long run as the world's premier
denomination come to an end.
When compared to its peers, the dollar has drifted to a 15-year low, according to the International Monetary Fund, indicating that more countries are willing to use other currencies to do business.
While the American currency still reigns supreme -- it constitutes $3.72 trillion, or 62 percent, of the $6 trillion in allocated foreign exchange holdings by the world's central banks -- the Japanese yen, Swiss franc and what the IMF classifies as "other currencies" such as the Chinese yuan are gaining.
(Read More: Hedge Funds Reap Billions on Yen Bets)
"Generally speaking, it is not believed by the vast majority that the American dollar will be overthrown," Dick Bove, vice president of equity research at Rafferty Capital Markets, said in a note. "But it will be, and this defrocking may occur in as short a period as five to 10 years."
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When compared to its peers, the dollar has drifted to a 15-year low, according to the International Monetary Fund, indicating that more countries are willing to use other currencies to do business.
While the American currency still reigns supreme -- it constitutes $3.72 trillion, or 62 percent, of the $6 trillion in allocated foreign exchange holdings by the world's central banks -- the Japanese yen, Swiss franc and what the IMF classifies as "other currencies" such as the Chinese yuan are gaining.
(Read More: Hedge Funds Reap Billions on Yen Bets)
"Generally speaking, it is not believed by the vast majority that the American dollar will be overthrown," Dick Bove, vice president of equity research at Rafferty Capital Markets, said in a note. "But it will be, and this defrocking may occur in as short a period as five to 10 years."
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That's what Scott Sumner, the word's most
famous expounder of the nominal-growth targeting Market Monetarist
school of economics, seems to be saying in his recent post.
Would this be a good thing or a bad thing? The answer depends on whether you think an accommodative monetary policy or an accommodative fiscal policy would be more effective at strengthening the economy.
It's important to note here that we're not talking about anything mechanical. Higher levels of deficit spending do not automatically "push up interest rates." The Fed sets short term rates, and long term rates follow the expected path of short term rates. Rates rise and monetary policy tightens either because the Fed sets rates higher or the market expects to set rates higher.
(Read More: Wagging the Dog: Why the Fed Fears Wall Street)
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Just think of the possibility of a 3D manufacturing printer printing consumer products, cutting out 90 percent of the worlds workforce manufacturing consumer goods.
Changing how many people can get a job manufacturing consumer goods down to only a very few people, is something that our society better think very long and hard about.
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The Fed vs. Congress: Who Is Enabling Whom?
Published: Tuesday, 28 May 2013
By: John Carney Senior Editor, CNBC.com
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke
The dominant narrative about economic
policy has it that the Federal Reserve's easy money policies are
enabling congressional intransigence and partisanship. But this might be
exactly backward.
Ironically, the story line is helped along by Ben Bernanke, who often appears to be scolding Congress for poor fiscal stewardship. The idea is that if Congress could "get its act together" then the Fed wouldn't need to provide "extraordinary" accommodative policies. This has crepted into the statements of the Federal Open Market Committee, which has stated point blank that "fiscal policy is restraining economic growth."
But if you squint hard enough, you can see this as an attempt at policy shirking. The Fed would like Congress to take responsibility for economic policy through fiscal accommodation—that is, bigger short-term deficits—which would allow the Fed to back off from monetary accommodation.
Which is to say, the Fed would like to ease up on monetary accommodation but fears that Congress seems unlikely to implement fiscal policy that won't restrain growth. To put it differently, if Congress were to "get its act together" and provide fiscal relief to the economy, the Fed likely would respond by tightening.
That means that the dominant narrative may have things backward. Instead of Fed policy enabling congressional bungling, it's Congress that is enabling Fed policy. A Congress that was less divided along partisan lines and dedicated to stimulating the economy might trigger a tightening reaction by the Fed.
Ironically, the story line is helped along by Ben Bernanke, who often appears to be scolding Congress for poor fiscal stewardship. The idea is that if Congress could "get its act together" then the Fed wouldn't need to provide "extraordinary" accommodative policies. This has crepted into the statements of the Federal Open Market Committee, which has stated point blank that "fiscal policy is restraining economic growth."
But if you squint hard enough, you can see this as an attempt at policy shirking. The Fed would like Congress to take responsibility for economic policy through fiscal accommodation—that is, bigger short-term deficits—which would allow the Fed to back off from monetary accommodation.
Which is to say, the Fed would like to ease up on monetary accommodation but fears that Congress seems unlikely to implement fiscal policy that won't restrain growth. To put it differently, if Congress were to "get its act together" and provide fiscal relief to the economy, the Fed likely would respond by tightening.
That means that the dominant narrative may have things backward. Instead of Fed policy enabling congressional bungling, it's Congress that is enabling Fed policy. A Congress that was less divided along partisan lines and dedicated to stimulating the economy might trigger a tightening reaction by the Fed.
Despite the current round of austerity, growth this year (partly due to QE3) is so strong that the Fed is considering tightening monetary policy. Now let me emphasize that I don't think growth is very strong this year, and I oppose tightening monetary policy. But it doesn't matter what I think, and I'm not even sure it matters what Bernanke thinks. It matters what the Fed thinks. And if they are strongly considering tightening monetary policy under current conditions, just imagine what they'd be doing if Congress was actually doing fiscal stimulus right now!Shorter Sumner: Fiscal stimulus would crowd out monetary stimulus.
Would this be a good thing or a bad thing? The answer depends on whether you think an accommodative monetary policy or an accommodative fiscal policy would be more effective at strengthening the economy.
It's important to note here that we're not talking about anything mechanical. Higher levels of deficit spending do not automatically "push up interest rates." The Fed sets short term rates, and long term rates follow the expected path of short term rates. Rates rise and monetary policy tightens either because the Fed sets rates higher or the market expects to set rates higher.
(Read More: Wagging the Dog: Why the Fed Fears Wall Street)
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Tinker:
Just think of the possibility of a 3D manufacturing printer printing consumer products, cutting out 90 percent of the worlds workforce manufacturing consumer goods.
Changing how many people can get a job manufacturing consumer goods down to only a very few people, is something that our society better think very long and hard about.
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Live Science
3D Printing: What a 3D Printer Is and How It Works
Jeremy Hsu, LiveScience Contributor
Date: 21 May 2013 Time: 12:57 PM ET
An array of additive manufacturing
devices at MIT. The U.S. hopes such technology can give a boost to its manufacturing sector.CREDIT: 2010, Courtesy of Neil Gershenfeld, Center for Bits & Atoms, MIT
fiction. But a growing array of 3D printing machines has already begun
to revolutionize the business of making things in the real world.3D printers work by following a computer's digital instructions to "print" an object using materials such as plastic
,
ceramics and metal. The printing process involves building up an object
one layer at a time until it's complete. For instance, some 3D printers
squirt out a stream of heated, semi-liquid plastic that solidifies as
the printer's head moves around to create the outline of each layer
within the object.
One of the 3-D printers at work in the Mediated Matter group at the MIT Media Lab.CREDIT: MIT | Melanie Gonick
The instructions used by 3D printers often take the form of computer-aided design (CAD) files — digital blueprints for making different objects. That means a person can design an object on their computer using 3D modeling software, hook the computer up to a 3D printer, and the watch the 3D printer build the object right before his or her eyes. Read more...http://www.livescience.
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LSU athletic director Joe Alleva told Jeremy Fowler of CBSSports.com
that the working plan now between the two schools is to play next
year's season opener at Houston's Reliant Stadium. The Tigers would then
travel to play the Badgers at Lambeau Field sometime between 2016 and
2018. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, who was scheduled to
undergo a knee replacement surgery last week, has yet to comment on this
latest story.
Alleva told Fowler that the likeliest date for an LSU trip to Lambeau would be 2017. But Wisconsin is already scheduled to play Virginia Tech, BYU and USF that season. Games can be moved around, of course, and the Badgers seem unlikely to play all three of those nonconference games in a year with a nine-game Big Ten schedule, anyway. Wisconsin only has one nonconference game on the books for 2016 -- Virginia Tech.
The Badgers also have four non-league opponents set up for 2014 -- Western Illinois, Bowling Green, South Florida and Washington State. But the Washington State game currently has no scheduled date, and it could get bumped back if the LSU game comes through.
The negotiations for the LSU-Wisconsin series are dragging on, but we salute the Tigers for being willing to play up north in Big Ten country, something many SEC teams shy away from. And a game at Lambeau Field will be undeniably cool, especially with such a name-brand opponent.
"I think it will be great for our fans," Alleva said.
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There's no doubt that this LSU team is something special, as evident not only by the team's rankings and historic 52-9 record, but also by the fact that five Tigers were named to the All-SEC first-team. The five include senior first baseman Mason Katz, senior outfielder Raph Rhymes, junior third baseman Christian Ibarra, sophomore pitcher Aaron Nola and freshman shortstop Alex Bregman. Nola was also voted SEC Pitcher of the Year and Bregman was named SEC Freshman of the Year. LSU junior second baseman JaCoby Jones was named second-team All-SEC, and Katz and Ibarra were voted to the SEC all-Defensive team. Bregman was named to the Freshman All-SEC squad. Vanderbilt’s Tony Kemp was selected 2013 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, and Vanderbilt’s Tim Corbin was voted SEC Coach of the Year. Sam Frost of Mississippi State was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The five first-team players for LSU surpass the previous school mark of four first-team all-SEC selections set in 1990. The complete 2013 All-SEC Team can be seen here. It’s beyond me how Chris Cotton did not make the cut.
Yesterday I heard from a lot of you who are very upset that there will be no television coverage for the Baton Rouge Regional, and I feel your pain. I don’t remember the last time an LSU regional was not televised and I think it's a shame that the only video coverage of it will be online at ESPN3.com. I won’t be able to attend the games and plan on watching Friday's contest against Jackson State (2 p.m. CT) from my Mac, and I'll be tweeting in-game updates to all of you who follow DandyDonLSU on Twitter.
A few questions that I look forward to having answered this week include: Did Jared Foster do enough to earn a permanent starting position in the postseason? Will Jacoby Jones and Mark Laird be healthy enough to play? Who will get the start on the mound against Jackson State? As for Foster, my answer would be a resounding yes. I mean, what more would he have to do to bolster his case? Foster started the last two games went a combined 4-for-6 (.666) with 1 RBI, and who can forget that incredible throw he made from right field to gun out the Vandy go-ahead runner at the plate? As for Jones and Laird, I understand that their injuries were reevaluated yesterday, but I have not heard the results. My guess would be that they will both be out for a while longer. As for who gets the start Friday, yesterday it was reported by nola.com that Ryan Eades will get the start.
In other baseball news, former Tiger great Chad Jones pitched in front of four Major League Baseball scouts yesterday at Rummel High School, and had an impressive outing. Reportedly, Jones' fastball was in the 88-91 MPH range and his change up came in at 75-78. According to a tweet I saw, the Whitesox were “very impressed.” I know I speak for the Tiger Nation when I wish Jones the best of luck in this chapter of his amazing life.
In football news, SportingNews released their preseason top-25 yesterday and you won’t like where they picked LSU. Citing youth and inexperience, they picked LSU to finish 16th. I understand that LSU lost an unprecedented number of outstanding Tigers to the NFL draft leaving some big holes to fill, and I realize that the 2013 schedule is brutal, but I’m not sold on the young and inexperienced argument. LSU will have a senior quarterback, three upperclassmen at running back including senior Alfred Blue, a senior at fullback in JC Copeland, four returning starters in the offensive line, and all of the team's leading receivers from last year. On the defensive side of the ball, I've got four juniors at the top of my depth chart on the defensive line, two seniors and a junior at the three linebacker spots, returning part-time starters Jalen Mills and Jalen Collins at the corners, junior Ronald Martin at free safety and senior Craig Loston at strong safety.
With 94 days until the start of football season, today we’ll continue our jersey countdown by looking at a special Tiger who wore No. 94 - Anthony “Booger” McFarland. McFarland wore No. 94 for LSU from 1995-1998 and was an All-America nose guard for the Tigers in 1998. McFarland went on to play nine seasons in the NFL, winning Super Bowl rings with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts, and is a member of the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame. McFarland came from the small town of Winnsboro, La., and learned at a young age that he had to work hard to achieve success, and his extremely strong work ethic is one thing that separated him from his peers on the football field.
Lastly, last night I updated out Ticket Exchange page with a couple of listings including one for this weekend’s regional. If you have any tickets you'd like to sell, be sure to let me know.
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Destin, Fla. - The SEC might not finish its SEC spring meetings here with a finalized 2014 schedule. But Commissioner Mike Slive is confident everyone and everything will be heard.
"The First Amendment is alive and well," Slive cracked after the first day of meetings at the Sandestin Hilton, which brought together football and basketball coaches, athletic directors and other conference officials. There were other issues to resolve but none hanging in the air quite like the 2014 football schedule and future schedules.
With a college football playoff coming, the SEC Network launching in one year, a nine-game conference schedule up for consideration and LSU pushing to have permanent cross-division opponents eliminated, there was, and is, plenty to hash out.
"There are different elements of scheduling," Slive said. "How many games you play, how you play the other division, how you schedule non-conference in light of the college football playoff. Each element has to be analyzed dissected, thought about and try to make sure there are no unintended consequences."
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The proposed series between LSU and Wisconsin is getting closer toward reality.LSU athletic director Joe Alleva told Jeremy Fowler of CBSSports.com
that the working plan now between the two schools is to play next
year's season opener at Houston's Reliant Stadium. The Tigers would then
travel to play the Badgers at Lambeau Field sometime between 2016 and
2018. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, who was scheduled to
undergo a knee replacement surgery last week, has yet to comment on this
latest story.
Alleva told Fowler that the likeliest date for an LSU trip to Lambeau would be 2017. But Wisconsin is already scheduled to play Virginia Tech, BYU and USF that season. Games can be moved around, of course, and the Badgers seem unlikely to play all three of those nonconference games in a year with a nine-game Big Ten schedule, anyway. Wisconsin only has one nonconference game on the books for 2016 -- Virginia Tech.
The Badgers also have four non-league opponents set up for 2014 -- Western Illinois, Bowling Green, South Florida and Washington State. But the Washington State game currently has no scheduled date, and it could get bumped back if the LSU game comes through.
The negotiations for the LSU-Wisconsin series are dragging on, but we salute the Tigers for being willing to play up north in Big Ten country, something many SEC teams shy away from. And a game at Lambeau Field will be undeniably cool, especially with such a name-brand opponent.
"I think it will be great for our fans," Alleva said.
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
The LSU baseball team (52-9) is now in the No. 1 spot in four
different national polls entering this week's NCAA Tournament where they
are a No. 4 national seed. The four polls that have the Tigers at the
top are Collegiate Baseball, USA Today, Perfect Game and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. LSU is No. 2 in this week’s Baseball America rankings.There's no doubt that this LSU team is something special, as evident not only by the team's rankings and historic 52-9 record, but also by the fact that five Tigers were named to the All-SEC first-team. The five include senior first baseman Mason Katz, senior outfielder Raph Rhymes, junior third baseman Christian Ibarra, sophomore pitcher Aaron Nola and freshman shortstop Alex Bregman. Nola was also voted SEC Pitcher of the Year and Bregman was named SEC Freshman of the Year. LSU junior second baseman JaCoby Jones was named second-team All-SEC, and Katz and Ibarra were voted to the SEC all-Defensive team. Bregman was named to the Freshman All-SEC squad. Vanderbilt’s Tony Kemp was selected 2013 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, and Vanderbilt’s Tim Corbin was voted SEC Coach of the Year. Sam Frost of Mississippi State was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The five first-team players for LSU surpass the previous school mark of four first-team all-SEC selections set in 1990. The complete 2013 All-SEC Team can be seen here. It’s beyond me how Chris Cotton did not make the cut.
Yesterday I heard from a lot of you who are very upset that there will be no television coverage for the Baton Rouge Regional, and I feel your pain. I don’t remember the last time an LSU regional was not televised and I think it's a shame that the only video coverage of it will be online at ESPN3.com. I won’t be able to attend the games and plan on watching Friday's contest against Jackson State (2 p.m. CT) from my Mac, and I'll be tweeting in-game updates to all of you who follow DandyDonLSU on Twitter.
A few questions that I look forward to having answered this week include: Did Jared Foster do enough to earn a permanent starting position in the postseason? Will Jacoby Jones and Mark Laird be healthy enough to play? Who will get the start on the mound against Jackson State? As for Foster, my answer would be a resounding yes. I mean, what more would he have to do to bolster his case? Foster started the last two games went a combined 4-for-6 (.666) with 1 RBI, and who can forget that incredible throw he made from right field to gun out the Vandy go-ahead runner at the plate? As for Jones and Laird, I understand that their injuries were reevaluated yesterday, but I have not heard the results. My guess would be that they will both be out for a while longer. As for who gets the start Friday, yesterday it was reported by nola.com that Ryan Eades will get the start.
In other baseball news, former Tiger great Chad Jones pitched in front of four Major League Baseball scouts yesterday at Rummel High School, and had an impressive outing. Reportedly, Jones' fastball was in the 88-91 MPH range and his change up came in at 75-78. According to a tweet I saw, the Whitesox were “very impressed.” I know I speak for the Tiger Nation when I wish Jones the best of luck in this chapter of his amazing life.
In football news, SportingNews released their preseason top-25 yesterday and you won’t like where they picked LSU. Citing youth and inexperience, they picked LSU to finish 16th. I understand that LSU lost an unprecedented number of outstanding Tigers to the NFL draft leaving some big holes to fill, and I realize that the 2013 schedule is brutal, but I’m not sold on the young and inexperienced argument. LSU will have a senior quarterback, three upperclassmen at running back including senior Alfred Blue, a senior at fullback in JC Copeland, four returning starters in the offensive line, and all of the team's leading receivers from last year. On the defensive side of the ball, I've got four juniors at the top of my depth chart on the defensive line, two seniors and a junior at the three linebacker spots, returning part-time starters Jalen Mills and Jalen Collins at the corners, junior Ronald Martin at free safety and senior Craig Loston at strong safety.
With 94 days until the start of football season, today we’ll continue our jersey countdown by looking at a special Tiger who wore No. 94 - Anthony “Booger” McFarland. McFarland wore No. 94 for LSU from 1995-1998 and was an All-America nose guard for the Tigers in 1998. McFarland went on to play nine seasons in the NFL, winning Super Bowl rings with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts, and is a member of the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame. McFarland came from the small town of Winnsboro, La., and learned at a young age that he had to work hard to achieve success, and his extremely strong work ethic is one thing that separated him from his peers on the football field.
Lastly, last night I updated out Ticket Exchange page with a couple of listings including one for this weekend’s regional. If you have any tickets you'd like to sell, be sure to let me know.
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LSU's scheduling-change push is one of many SEC football issues
LSU is hoping to pull away from permanent, cross division opponents to escape playing Florida annually.
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Latest LSU football stories
- LSU's scheduling-change push is one of many SEC football issues
- LSU AD Joe Alleva says Tigers may play Texas A&M in future season finales
- Les Miles says college football tradition has given way to a more 'fair and right' way to make a champion: Video
- Joe Alleva says SEC football schedule 'not fair and imbalanced': Video
- Recruiting chat with analyst James Smith (Tuesday's transcript)
Destin, Fla. - The SEC might not finish its SEC spring meetings here with a finalized 2014 schedule. But Commissioner Mike Slive is confident everyone and everything will be heard.
"The First Amendment is alive and well," Slive cracked after the first day of meetings at the Sandestin Hilton, which brought together football and basketball coaches, athletic directors and other conference officials. There were other issues to resolve but none hanging in the air quite like the 2014 football schedule and future schedules.
With a college football playoff coming, the SEC Network launching in one year, a nine-game conference schedule up for consideration and LSU pushing to have permanent cross-division opponents eliminated, there was, and is, plenty to hash out.
"There are different elements of scheduling," Slive said. "How many games you play, how you play the other division, how you schedule non-conference in light of the college football playoff. Each element has to be analyzed dissected, thought about and try to make sure there are no unintended consequences."
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LSU Footall - Geaux Tigers!!!
| And the Valley Shook | LSU offense prospectus Part 1 | Part 2 |
| Times Picayune | Video (2 min, 6 sec): Les Miles on scheduling, more |
| Zachary Today | Les Miles to go "Over the Edge for Adoption" |
| LSU Sports | Photo Gallery: Construction update, Tiger Stadium 5/28 (17 pics) |
| Shreveport Times *1 | Full strength: Morris Claiborne says he's bigger, better |
| CBS SportsLine | All Ole Miss' Freeze has to do is win |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | Butch Jones didn't need a meeting to figure out the SEC |
| Houston Chronicle | Manziel, Aggies brace for SEC's full attention |
| Everything Alabama | Video (5 min, 8 sec): Mike Slive sums up Tuesday's SEC spring meetings |
| The Advocate | SEC not moving fast on football scheduling |
| Sports Illustrated | Saban continues push for nine-game SEC schedule |
| Opelika-Auburn News | Coaches want to preserve rivalries amid debate over conference schedule |
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SEC SPRING MEETINGS: Permanent opponents to remain
May 29, 2013 - © 2013 Tiger Rag
SEC commissioner Mike Slive plans to keep 6-1-1 schedule format in effect for 2014 and 2015
By CODY WORSHAM
Tiger Rag Editor
Permanent opponents are here to stay — for now, at least.
Much to the chagrin of LSU athletic director Joe Alleva and Tiger head coach Les Miles, SEC commissioner Mike Slive told reporters yesterday at the conference’s Spring Meetings in Destin that the league’s current scheduling format will remain in place in 2014 and probably 2015.
Currently, the SEC schedules conference football games by the “6-1-1″ format: Each team plays its six divisional opponents (6) and a permanent cross-divisional opponent (1) once each, with a rotating scheduling for another cross-divisional opponent (1).
The formula was overwhelmingly approved by SEC members at last year’s meetings, but LSU — whose permanent opponent under the format is Florida — was and remains opposed to it, arguing for a fairer “6-2″ schedule that would replace the permanent opponent with an annual rotation of two cross-divisional opponents.
“If I had to pick, I would pick six divisional games and two rotating (games) and four to schedule as you wish,” Miles told The Advocate yesterday. “That would allow everyone to go through the conference in four years.”
That’s a message Alleva echoes.
“I think it’s fair that everyone has a chance to play everyone on a rotational basis,” Alleva said in the same Advocate story. “You have to play everyone in your division, but after that there should be a true rotation of all the other opponents so everyone has a fair, competitive schedule.
“Right now it’s not fair, and it’s imbalanced. Everything I’ve been a part of in this league for five years, we voted on what’s in the best interests of the league, except football scheduling. Maybe we can change that.”
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DESTIN, Fla. -- Schools will have until Friday to submit names to SEC
commissioner Mike Slive for the College Football Playoff selection
committee.
According to several SEC athletic directors and coaches, their preference is to have non-active coaches, athletic directors and administrators on that committee, which would be different from the selection committee for the NCAA basketball tournament. Current commissioners and athletic directors serve on the hoops committee.
However, Bill Hancock, the executive director of the College Football Playoff, said Wednesday that the working model for the selection committee doesn't necessarily rule out current athletic directors, although current conference commissioners would not be a part of the committee.
"I think past ADs, old coaches and old players, but guys who are really for the college experience, is the way to go," LSU coach Les Miles said. "They'll be able to do the job without reflection on where they're from. The problem with the current coaches and current ADs is that they all have a bias, and it’s impossible to remove it from them."
Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said he's submitted two names, and he's keenly aware of how much scrutiny the committee will face.
"Now, there may be criticism on who they pick or how they pick them," Foley said. "That’s all going to be part of the process, and one of the goals when the names get released is that people are saying, ‘You know something? That’s a good group. Those people know what they’re doing and they’re the right people in terms of integrity.'
"It has to be a committee that can not only do the job, but is accepted publicly."
Foley's understanding is that current coaches, athletic directors and commissioners will not be part of the model.
"I just don’t see that. That may change. That’s kind of what I’ve heard," Foley said. "I don’t think they want to be in that room and be perceived as representing a league. Everybody leaves their hat at the door, and you go in and do what’s best for college football and not be perceived as representing this league or you’re the commissioner of this league or the athletic director of this school.
"Now, that may change because having some people who are currently involved in the profession would be helpful in the process. Again, that’s one guy’s opinion, and I have zero votes. Well, I have one vote. I’m not serving. I’ve already made that clear."
The hope is to have the committee members named by sometime this fall, Hancock said.
"It has to happen sooner rather than later," Foley said.
According to several SEC athletic directors and coaches, their preference is to have non-active coaches, athletic directors and administrators on that committee, which would be different from the selection committee for the NCAA basketball tournament. Current commissioners and athletic directors serve on the hoops committee.
However, Bill Hancock, the executive director of the College Football Playoff, said Wednesday that the working model for the selection committee doesn't necessarily rule out current athletic directors, although current conference commissioners would not be a part of the committee.
"I think past ADs, old coaches and old players, but guys who are really for the college experience, is the way to go," LSU coach Les Miles said. "They'll be able to do the job without reflection on where they're from. The problem with the current coaches and current ADs is that they all have a bias, and it’s impossible to remove it from them."
Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said he's submitted two names, and he's keenly aware of how much scrutiny the committee will face.
"Now, there may be criticism on who they pick or how they pick them," Foley said. "That’s all going to be part of the process, and one of the goals when the names get released is that people are saying, ‘You know something? That’s a good group. Those people know what they’re doing and they’re the right people in terms of integrity.'
"It has to be a committee that can not only do the job, but is accepted publicly."
Foley's understanding is that current coaches, athletic directors and commissioners will not be part of the model.
"I just don’t see that. That may change. That’s kind of what I’ve heard," Foley said. "I don’t think they want to be in that room and be perceived as representing a league. Everybody leaves their hat at the door, and you go in and do what’s best for college football and not be perceived as representing this league or you’re the commissioner of this league or the athletic director of this school.
"Now, that may change because having some people who are currently involved in the profession would be helpful in the process. Again, that’s one guy’s opinion, and I have zero votes. Well, I have one vote. I’m not serving. I’ve already made that clear."
The hope is to have the committee members named by sometime this fall, Hancock said.
"It has to happen sooner rather than later," Foley said.
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