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re: Slive... 2014 and 2015 to be a 6-1-1 format
Posted on 5/29/13 at 1:56 pm to IAmReality
Posted on 5/29/13 at 1:56 pm to IAmReality
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All this scheduling shite is one of the main reasons I was against expanding the conference in the first place.
I can no longer turn a blind eye to it.
I'm not going to be the one bending over and taking it.
The person in charge of our scheduling is an old friend and teammate of mine, and when I bring this kind of shite up, it always ends with "it's a business."
Don't think LSU isn't aware of the sacrifice it makes. It's just worth it in the end to the people who count. The ones that count the money.
I can't turn my back on my alma mater. And I love the game too much to abandon it. So, I'm going to draw the line on my loyalty to the conference.
The SEC has the power and means to make this right for all its members, and still share extraordinary profits. They had a chance to address fairness and equality issues within the conference, and chose to ignore it.
I rooted for every opposing team in the bowl games, except Vandy (I just can't root against them yet) and it felt good.
Screw this greedy conference. And I'm as right wing as they come. I just cannot support anything that is not on an equal playing field.
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Posted on 5/29/13 at 1:58 pm to wahoocs
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I just cannot support anything that is not on an equal playing field.
Lsu doesn't have another SEC school instate to compete with for recruits. Is that fair to schools in other states that do?
This post was edited on 5/29/13 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 5/29/13 at 1:58 pm to dkreller
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Can I purchase your tickets to Athens and Tuscaloosa
I'm not requesting them.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:01 pm to Alahunter
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Lsu doesn't have another SEC school instate to compete with for recruits. Is that fair to schools in other states that do?
Go find somebody else to play ping-pong.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:02 pm to wahoocs
You brought up the fairness argument. Lsu doesn't really have a Div I school to lose recruits to. Is that fair to other schools that have high competition with their instate talents?
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:05 pm to wahoocs
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They had a chance to address fairness and equality issues within the conference, and chose to ignore it.
If that chance to address fairness and equality included not screwing schools out of their valued annual rivalries, then fine. But if it didn't, then piss off.
This post was edited on 5/29/13 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:06 pm to wahoocs
quote:I imagine that since the SEC has won the last 7 BCSNCG's and raked in wads of $$$ while kicking arse, that they'd want to keep this gravy train rollin along just like it is.
You would think that when your conference has won the last 7 BCSNCG's, the least you could do is make that conference's schedule with only 14 teams as fair and equitable as possible.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:07 pm to Alahunter
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You brought up the fairness argument. Lsu doesn't really have a Div I school to lose recruits to. Is that fair to other schools that have high competition with their instate talents?
You control what you can control. The conference can control scheduling.
End of argument.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:07 pm to Mohican
The conference can control much more than scheduling.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:07 pm to Alahunter
quote:You're comparing one thing the conference can control with one thing it can't. Some states are bigger. Should the conference address that? Tennessee and Kentucky have a lower black population from which most collegiate players come. Is that fair to their instate recruiting? Should the SEC do something about that? Just because there are natural advantages associated with some schools doesn't mean a conference should willfully ignore things within its control.
You brought up the fairness argument. Lsu doesn't really have a Div I school to lose recruits to. Is that fair to other schools that have high competition with their instate talents?
But, I'm intellectually honest. If I were you, I'd want no part of dispensing with the the Tennessee game. I don't doubt that it means a lot to some of you because you like the history of it. I appreciate that. I just wish you were intellectually honest enough to admit that Florida has been the superior program over the last two decades and will be for the greater part of the next two decades.
There's nothing wrong with admitting that it's advantageous to not have to play them every year.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:08 pm to Bamatab
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valued annual rivalries
Lulz.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:09 pm to Politiceaux
Yall skirted the actual question. Is there equality in Lsu having no Div I competition to sign in state talent, as compared to other SEC schools that have several schools competing for the same quality of talent?
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:10 pm to Bamatab
quote:If you're admitting that you would rather your favorite team have a game that means something to you and would rather the conference protect that than the overall integrity of the schedule, I respect your honesty.
If that chance to address fairness and equality included not screwing schools out of their valued annual rivalries, then fine.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:10 pm to Alahunter
There are NO boundaries for recruiting in this conference.
WTF are you arguing?
If we can divide Australian recruits evenly?
Please don't embarrass yourself filibustering in this manner.
WTF are you arguing?
If we can divide Australian recruits evenly?
Please don't embarrass yourself filibustering in this manner.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:11 pm to wahoocs
Again, you fail to address the question. Lsu has a distinct advantage within the state of Louisiana to sign the top talent in the state each year, due to no competition from other in state schools. Not every SEC team has the same benefits. Is that equality in your mind?
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:12 pm to Alahunter
Lol
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:13 pm to Alahunter
quote:LSU has an advantage with that. And Alabama is a bigger state that is located closer to Georgia recruits (which is too big of a state for UGA to get all of them), as well as Florida. Should the conference do something over which it has no control on those fronts?
Yall skirted the actual question. Is there equality in Lsu having no Div I competition to sign in state talent, as compared to other SEC schools that have several schools competing for the same quality of talent?
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:13 pm to Alahunter
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Is there equality in Lsu having no Div I competition to sign in state talent
So LSU has used this so called inequality to sign every top recruit to ever come out of the State? Nope, We still have competition, just not in state.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:14 pm to Politiceaux
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LSU has an advantage with that.
And I personally, accept that. Just wanted to show that:
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I just cannot support anything that is not on an equal playing field.
was a ridiculous, biased and self serving statement that had no merit.
Posted on 5/29/13 at 2:15 pm to Alahunter
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Alahunter
Somehow I find myself arguing my points as though I'm discussing them with a rational person...
and then every time a Bama fan hits my with something that reminds me that I'm wasting my time.
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