This is my friend Adam and well known rapper Drake. Adam recently saw Drake in an Atlanta hotel lobby. To the initial displeasure of Drake's massive bodyguards, Adam approached the area where Drake was seated. Despite how innocent looking Adam is, Drake's bodyguards insisted Drake could not be bothered for a picture. Then, Drake found out Adam was a member of the Big Blue Nation. Adam said,
"Once he heard that, he welcomed me in. I sat down with him for 15 minutes to talk about the Cats. His bodyguards went back to playing on their phones. We had just gotten Julius Randle and he was fired up about that. The guy isn't a poser. He keeps up and knows his stuff."
Now, onto the most recent "Future of the SEC Tournament" article...
This article comes from ESPN.com's Brett McMurphy. He says all the things we've heard the past couple of days about the SEC wanting to search for a "primary site" for the tournament, but he adds in something I had yet to read anywhere about the rumored sites for 2017, 2018, and 2020 tournaments.
"The SEC already has accepted bids for the 2017, '18 and '20 tournaments. Those are expected to be awarded to St. Louis (2017), Tampa, Fla., (2018), and Atlanta (2020), sources said.
St. Louis will become the farthest northern city to host the SEC men's basketball tournament, which has been held for 80 years. The addition of Missouri to the SEC last season was the key factor in the SEC tournament choosing St. Louis' Scottrade Center in 2017, sources said."
If this is true, the SEC Tournament couldn't put into practice the use of a "primary site" until 2021 at the earliest.
This would also mean the seven years of tournament locations would be as follows:
2014- Atlanta, GA
2015- Nashville, TN
2016-Nashville, TN
2017- St. Louis, MO
2018- Tampa, FL
2019- Nashville, TN
2020- Atlanta, GA
Another takeaway from this is that I don't see them making a decision on the "primary site" issue anytime soon. I don't see the hurry to do it this year considering we have the next seven years planned as of right now (according to "sources").
In closing,
since most University presidents and high ranking SEC officials do the same four things as World Wide Wes every morning, I'll leave them with my plea:
Gentlemen, I would like to see Nashville become the primary site. It's always a fun time on Broadway and Nashville is close to home for most of Big Blue Nation. We are the ones who sell out the arena. And on a totally related note, my house is less than a mile from the arena. Commissioner Slive, I'll even get some bunk beds for you and friend of your choice. SEC comforters, of course.
@AFlenerKSR
This is my friend Adam and well known rapper Drake. Adam recently saw Drake in an Atlanta hotel lobby. To the initial displeasure of Drake's massive bodyguards, Adam approached the area where Drake was seated. Despite how innocent looking Adam is, Drake's bodyguards insisted Drake could not be bothered for a picture. Then, Drake found out Adam was a member of the Big Blue Nation. Adam said, "Once he heard that, he welcomed me in. I sat down with him for 15 minutes to talk about the Cats. His bodyguards went back to playing on their phones. We had just gotten Julius Randle and he was fired up about that. The guy isn't a poser. He keeps up and knows his stuff."
Now, onto the most recent "Future of the SEC Tournament" article...
This article comes from ESPN.com's Brett McMurphy. He says all the things we've heard the past couple of days about the SEC wanting to search for a "primary site" for the tournament, but he adds in something I had yet to read anywhere about the rumored sites for 2017, 2018, and 2020 tournaments.
"The SEC already has accepted bids for the 2017, '18 and '20 tournaments. Those are expected to be awarded to St. Louis (2017), Tampa, Fla., (2018), and Atlanta (2020), sources said.
St. Louis will become the farthest northern city to host the SEC men's basketball tournament, which has been held for 80 years. The addition of Missouri to the SEC last season was the key factor in the SEC tournament choosing St. Louis' Scottrade Center in 2017, sources said."
If this is true, the SEC Tournament couldn't put into practice the use of a "primary site" until 2021 at the earliest. This would also mean the seven years of tournament locations would be as follows:
2014- Atlanta, GA
2015- Nashville, TN
2016-Nashville, TN
2017- St. Louis, MO
2018- Tampa, FL
2019- Nashville, TN
2020- Atlanta, GA
Another takeaway from this is that I don't see them making a decision on the "primary site" issue anytime soon. I don't see the hurry to do it this year considering we have the next seven years planned as of right now (according to "sources").
In closing, since most University presidents and high ranking SEC officials do the same four things as World Wide Wes every morning, I'll leave them with my plea:
Gentlemen, I would like to see Nashville become the primary site. It's always a fun time on Broadway and Nashville is close to home for most of Big Blue Nation. We are the ones who sell out the arena. And on a totally related note, my house is less than a mile from the arena. Commissioner Slive, I'll even get some bunk beds for you and friend of your choice. SEC comforters, of course.
@AFlenerKSR
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