Southwestern Athletic Conference

HOUSTON, Texas – Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner Duer Sharp appeared as a guest on Comcast Sportsnet in Houston on Wednesday.  Sharp was featured on the evening talk show SportsNet Central hosted by Marius Payton.

The featured segment with the commissioner, who is in his fifth year, gave him the opportunity to promote the recent moves of the 2013 Toyota SWAC Football Championship and 2014 Basketball Tournament to Houston for the next three seasons.

The football championship game will be held at Reliant Stadium 2013-15, while the basketball tournament will be housed at the Toyota Center 2014-16. The Football Championship is scheduled for Saturday, December 7, while the basketball tournament is slated for March 11-15, 2014.

Comcast SportsNet Houston will carry two football games that involve SWAC teams this season.  Arkansas-Pine Bluff at McNeese State on Saturday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m.  and Texas Southern against Sam Houston State, Saturday, September 14, at 2 p.m.