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Sankey indicates SEC won't play in Mississippi if gun laws pass
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:08 am
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:08 am
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This might be a good opportunity to kick Miss schools out and bring in Oklahoma and Oklahoma St footprint to the SEC.
No more cowbells!
This might be a good opportunity to kick Miss schools out and bring in Oklahoma and Oklahoma St footprint to the SEC.
No more cowbells!
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Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:10 am to nicholastiger
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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Wednesday that athletic opponents "will decline opportunities" to play at Ole Miss and Mississippi State if pending gun legislation is allowed to pass in the state of Mississippi.
That's a bold as hell statement right there
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:12 am to nicholastiger
So Sankey allowed rampant cheating for a decade to go unpenalized, but now he threatens to punish both schools over something they have absolutely no control over?
Frick him and the horse he rode in on.
He can't retire/quit/be fired fast enough. Shouldn't he be more concerned over his role in allowing hundreds of children to be sexually assaulted?
Frick him and the horse he rode in on.
He can't retire/quit/be fired fast enough. Shouldn't he be more concerned over his role in allowing hundreds of children to be sexually assaulted?
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:14 am to nicholastiger
Well damn, now I don't see Gulfport/Biloxi hosting the Conference basketball tournament.
This post was edited on 2/8/18 at 10:15 am
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:14 am to TonyMontana
It sounds like Sankey is predicting trouble for the Mississippi schools with scheduling because other schools won't come to play them with these laws in place. He didn't threaten punishment.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:15 am to nicholastiger
I'm a BIG gun rights advocate, but I'm not sure that I buy the idea of being able to carry in courthouses. 
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:17 am to nicholastiger
While I agree in principle about Mississippi's gun law, I do think that guns should not be allowed in the stadiums.
Let me just put it this way, in the SEC "It just means more", and arming fans in the stands would definitely demonstrate that........
Let me just put it this way, in the SEC "It just means more", and arming fans in the stands would definitely demonstrate that........
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:20 am to PearlJam
quote:I agree. I think he is saying that he thinks schools from outside the conference (especially from the northeast and west coast) will be hesitant/refuse to come play. Aren't some of the California teams "banned" from playing in certain states due to adoption laws that aren't "LGBT friendly"?
It sounds like Sankey is predicting trouble for the Mississippi schools with scheduling because other schools won't come to play them with these laws in place. He didn't threaten punishment.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:20 am to TideFaninFl
I agree. I just think Sankey should quietly address this behind closed doors until/unless he receives resistance instead of going around loudly making thinly veiled threats.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:21 am to TideFaninFl
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I do think that guns should not be allowed in the stadiums.
The fact that we even have to debate this is ridiculous. MS will forever remain #50
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:21 am to nicholastiger
Sankey made the same stupid arguments when Arkansas was toying with allowing CC in stadiums here.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:27 am to Saskwatch
I guess you missed the part where it was already debated, and is currently being debated, in other states.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:29 am to SummerOfGeorge
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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Wednesday that athletic opponents "will decline opportunities" to play at Ole Miss and Mississippi State if pending gun legislation is allowed to pass in the state of Mississippi.
Unless there is another quote, "decline opportunities" to me sounds like he's referring to OOC opponents. I don't think in conference you think of it as an opportunity that you accept or decline as much... it's a little bit semantic based on a one line remark, but my guess is those that see this as "punishment" are reading too much into it.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:29 am to TonyMontana
Doesn’t Arkansas already allow this?
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:30 am to nicholastiger
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Sankey indicates SEC won't play in Mississippi if gun laws pass
No he doesn't. Our education system in this country is very flawed.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:31 am to PJinAtl
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Aren't some of the California teams "banned" from playing in certain states due to adoption laws that aren't "LGBT friendly"?
Not just California. Plenty of institutions refuse to do business with states who made it legal to refuse to do business. Make sense?
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:32 am to nicholastiger
cool reading comprehension, nicholas
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:32 am to Teague
I think he would be fired if he made this happen. I agree guns should not be in a stadium but you can’t punish a state because of it. Stadiums will just make a rule no metal objects.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:32 am to Maytheporkbewithyou
quote:And Arkansas passed an amendment to avoid the issue.
Sankey made the same stupid arguments when Arkansas was toying with allowing CC in stadiums here.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:34 am to Ole Colonel 27
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I think he would be fired if he made this happen
I doubt it, I'd guess the university presidents agree with him.
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