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Autonomy Struggle Continues

The Big Five continue the push for self-governance and Mike Slive issues a (slightly) veiled threat.

By JD King

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Like the Big Ten's Jim Delaney, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive is ready to play hardball over autonomy.
Like the Big Ten's Jim Delaney, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive is ready to play hardball over autonomy.
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The NCAA battle between the haves and have nots continues, with the SEC threatening to lead the Big Five to a new division if the power conferences are not accommodated and the rest of D-1 upset over proposals by the big shots to liberalize transfer rules.

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In short, the fear is that big schools will just poach players from the rest of D-1 when there is a need.

It's also worth mentioning that freer transfer rules could really mess with basketball programs because anyone who transfers out with less than a 2.6 affects the APR.

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