mpassion and grace, but theres also accountability and truth

NEW ORLEANS -- A country music festival bumped from LSUs Tiger Stadium for two years by offseason renovations will be held next Memorial Day weekend in New Orleans, and the Superdome could become its permanent home, an official said Tuesday.Next years Country Music Superfest will have a new feature: a free outdoor concert Friday night, May 26, said Quint Davis, CEO of Festival Productions Inc.If the two-day indoor festival that follows May 27-28 is a success, he said, it might not return to Baton Rouge in 2019.Everybody involved ... everything is designed and pointed toward a multi-year annual event, Davis said.But, he said, its too early to say where the 2018 festival will be, let alone the one in 2019.Its up to the people. Do they come? Do they embrace it, do they love it? Otherwise, if people dont come, its like the worlds greatest country music sound-check, he said.LSU said in August that it will renovate bathrooms and concession stands and make other stadium improvements after the 2016 and 2017 football seasons, making it impossible for the music festival to use Tiger Stadium.If LSU had been able to host it ... we would have been there. We were talking about another three-year agreement, Davis said.The Superfest has been held at the 102,000-seat stadium in Baton Rouge since it started in 2010. It expanded from two nights to three in 2014.That year, George Strait and Reba McEntire helped draw a record 135,000 fans. Attendance fell to 125,000 in 2015 and 100,000 last year.Davis said falling attendance isnt the reason for the change back.He said the Fridays were added because We had some extraordinary things -- Taylor Swift starting her tour, George Strait making it one of the last concerts on his retirement tour. We had the flexibility to add the Friday. But traditionally from the beginning this was a two-night stadium festival.Davis said the New Orleans Food and Wine Festival has had the 76,500-seat Superdome booked up for the Memorial Day weekend for a decade or more, but is moving to the citys convention center next year.So coincidentally or fate or whatever you call it -- the year we need to go somewhere is the first year that the Dome is open on Memorial Weekend, he said.Cheap Atlanta Falcons Jerseys .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Authentic Russell Gage Jersey .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. http://www.cheapfalconsjerseysauthentic.com/ . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. Authentic Isaiah Oliver Jersey .C. Lions has come to an end. 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He gave no reason other than a violation of team rules, but he had also suspended the 6-foot-9 redshirt junior from two scrimmages and the Cavaliers season-opener at UNCG for an unspecified team rules violation.As a coach, you dont want to do hard things, unless you think its the right thing for your team and for a young man involved, Bennett said after Virginia beat Yale 62-38. Its just one of those situations. We always talk about theres a standard we have. Certainly showing compassion and grace, but theres also accountability and truth that comes with every situation, and with this case, thats how we dealt with it with Austin. I love Austin. My hope is that this will be a turning point for him and hell take the right steps.Nichols, one of the most coveted transfers following the 20114-15 season, averaged 13.dddddddddddd3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.4 blocks as a sophomore at Memphis. He sat out last year and played in just one game this year, scoring 11 points against St. Francis Brooklyn on Tuesday.The past few days have been stressful, Bennett said.Thats the stuff you dont like about coaching, but thats the necessary stuff thats far more impactful and lasting to the guys in the program, those decisions you make, he said. Hopefully itll make a difference in the big picture. I dont have it all figured out and Ive made so many mistakes in my own life, but Im hoping that were doing the right things, the wise things for Austins case, for the young men in our program and that well keep taking the right steps forward. I just want to hopefully lead them well and our staff and go forward.But yeah, not easy, not at all. Been hard, for sure.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr ' ' '