Mississippi Business Journal » Southeastern Conference http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 South Carolina’s Spurrier moves forward with plan to pay college football players http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/31/south-carolinas-spurrier-moves-forward-with-plan-to-pay-players/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=south-carolinas-spurrier-moves-forward-with-plan-to-pay-players http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/31/south-carolinas-spurrier-moves-forward-with-plan-to-pay-players/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 17:18:54 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57900 DESTIN, Fla. — Steve Spurrier is sticking with his plan to pay players. South Carolina’s outspoken coach first floated the idea at the Southeastern Conference’s spring meetings last year. Fellow coaches and league administrators listened, but it made little, if any, progress. He trotted out his stipend plan again this week and said Wednesday that [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/07/nutt-to-resign-as-ole-miss-football-coach-at-seasons-end/feed/ 1 MBJ Editorial: Mississippi has a Heisman to hold on to http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/mbj-editorial-mississippi-has-a-heisman-to-hold-on-to/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mbj-editorial-mississippi-has-a-heisman-to-hold-on-to http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/mbj-editorial-mississippi-has-a-heisman-to-hold-on-to/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:16:18 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=45978 While we understand what Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann meant when he said, “If Mississippi ever wins a Heisman trophy, we want to keep it,” there likely are many out there who don’t. Hosemann made the comments in connection with a story, saying a new law could help protect student athletes from sports agents who [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/mbj-editorial-mississippi-has-a-heisman-to-hold-on-to/feed/ 0 SEC may silence MSU cowbells http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/26/msu-may-face-fine-for-cowbells/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msu-may-face-fine-for-cowbells http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/26/msu-may-face-fine-for-cowbells/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:37:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=32429 STARKVILLE — The Southeastern Conference is poised to levy fines against Mississippi State for violating the league’s noisemaker policy related to its tradition of ringing cowbells at games. The issue was first addressed at the SEC’s summer meetings. The conference made a one-year rule allowing Mississippi State fans to ring cowbells – a proud symbol [...]

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