Greg Sankey responds to reports that the SEC could consider playing even if other conferences can’t
By Adam Spencer
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In recent weeks, there have been rumors that, even if other Power 5 conferences can’t play the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SEC could choose to go it alone.
On Tuesday, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey joined “The Paul Finebaum Show” to set the record straight on that.
As you can see below, Sankey said the Power 5 conferences are too interconnected these days for it to be realistic for 1 conference to do its own thing:
We asked @SEC Commissioner @GregSankey about reports insinuating that the SEC would consider playing football without the other conferences, and he cleared up those comments with this response: pic.twitter.com/B8dU0H6TO3
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) May 12, 2020
“I was asked a question, and I think if the entirety is played of what I spoke, when this flared up, is the connection between the autonomy 5 conferences being likely stronger than I’ve ever experienced,” he said. “We’re speaking every day. But, even more importantly, our schedules are connected. So the notion that 1 likely thinks about going off and doing something in an independent way is actually not attached to reality.”
It’s only May, so things could certainly change, but for now, this seems to shut the door on the SEC going it alone for the 2020 football season if it were to come to that.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
