Greg Sankey, SEC and international football
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The SEC commissioner kicked off spring meetings earlier this week by chastising his Big 12 (Brett Yormark) and Atlantic Coast Conference (Jim Phillips) counterparts.
Here's how SEC commissioner Greg Sankey responded to potential expansion to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne was asked on Tuesday what he thought of the potential for the SEC to leave the NCAA. Byrne pointed out the organization’s ability to put on quality championships, and said it would be a sad day if college athletics were to fracture in such a manner.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey applies pressure to the CFP decision-makers with his latest comments amid expansion talks.
As the two conferences ascend in power over the rest of college football, discussions have increased about whether or not to mandate regular season matchups between teams in each conference.
In a pivot from the push for automatic qualifiers in the next iteration of the College Football Playoff, the SEC on Tuesday took a heightened interest in a 16-team model that would include the five highest-ranked conference champions and 11 at-large bids.
Here's what commissioner Greg Sankey said on eve of SEC spring meetings about marquee nonconference games with a CFP model that is trending to grow more.
The message comes amid an era where the CFP selection committee seems to ding teams for losses more than it rewards teams for good wins.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey announced Thursday that teams will occur larger fines for a first field-storming offense beginning in 2025.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said there is "no such thing" as a presidential commission on college athletics involving former Alabama football coach Nick Saban, and that he had not heard from the Trump administration.
The SEC commissioner opened spring meetings Monday with a 45-minute news conference, most of it related to CFP issues.