FSU president lays out pros/cons of move FSU president lays out pros/cons of move ADVERTISING The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be
FSU president lays out pros/cons of move
The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be considered.
FSU president Eric Barron sent an email to those who have asked him about the possibility of the Seminoles switching conferences. The email was obtained by The Associated Press and several other news organizations.
He writes that negotiations between the school and the conference are not taking place.
While he lays out possible pros and cons for a move, he makes a strong case for staying in the ACC, where the Seminoles have competed since 1992.
Barron outlined four points made by those who support a move:
c The ACC is more of a basketball conference than a football league.
c The ACC is too North Carolina centric and the conference’s TV contract gives the stronger basketball schools an advantage.
c The Big 12’s powerful football schools are a better match for Florida State.
c The Big 12’s impending new TV contract might make Florida State $2.9 million more per year than the ACC’s new deal and Florida State needs the money.
Barron countered that the ACC shares its football and basketball revenue equally.
The only revenue that is not shared equally is certain media rights for women’s basketball and Olympic sports, and that is to Florida State’s benefit.
MLB fires arbitrator from Braun case
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun’s drug suspension in February.
MLB informed Das and the players’ association of its decision last week.
Das had been baseball’s permanent arbitrator since 1999, part of what technically is a three-man panel that also includes a representative of management and labor.
“Shyam is the longest-tenured panel chair in our bargaining relationship,” union head Michael Weiner said. “For 13 years, from the beginning to the end of his tenure, he served the parties with professionalism and distinction.”
Murder conviction
in Tenn. college
player’s stabbing
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A jury on Monday convicted the roommate of Middle Tennessee basketball player Tina Stewart of second-degree murder in the athlete’s 2011 stabbing death.
Jurors spent about two hours deliberating before reaching a verdict against 19-year-old Shanterrica Madden in the March 2, 2011, stabbing of Stewart at an off-campus apartment they shared in Murfreesboro.
Madden also was convicted of tampering with evidence for trying to hide the knife used in the stabbing of the 21-year-old Lady Raiders player.
The defendant could face 15 to 60 years in prison for the murder conviction at sentencing, scheduled for July 16.
Madden showed no emotion after a circuit court judge read the verdict in a crowded courtroom in Murfreesboro.
Madden acknowledged stabbing Stewart but claimed she had acted in self-defense against her larger and more athletic roommate.
Irving set to be named NBA’s top rookie
CLEVELAND — There was never any doubt Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving would be named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. The only suspense was when — and by how much.
Irving, as has been expected for months, will be presented with the award on Tuesday, capping a season which he began as the No. 1 overall pick and ended it as the clear-cut top rookie.
The Cavs sent out a release Monday saying they will make a “major announcement” along with the league on Tuesday morning at Cleveland Clinic Courts, the team’s training facility in Independence.
The 20-year-old averaged 18.5 points to lead all rookies — and the Cavs — in scoring. He also averaged 5.4 assists.
Krzyzewski not
likely to return for
2016 Olympics
DALLAS — Mike Krzyzewski says he thinks the London Olympics will be his last coaching the United States.
The Duke coach was brought in before the 2008 Games to revive a struggling Olympic team, which had finished a disappointing third in Athens.
Krzyzewski and USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo established a player pool to help give the program structure, and the result has been a return to the top of the international game.
The Americans won the gold medal in Beijing behind Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James.
Two years later, they won the world title with a completely different roster.
Hunter quits as
coach of Capitals
ARLINGTON, Va. — For quite some time, Washington Capitals general manager George McPhee tried to persuade former player Dale Hunter to return to the team as its coach.
This season, McPhee finally got his man — just not for very long.
Hunter quit as Washington’s coach on Monday after less than six months on the job, saying he wants to return to his family, his farm and the junior club he owns in Canada.
Hunter went 30-23-7 — a .500 record — in the regular season after agreeing to a one-year deal.
By wire sources
