Greg Sankey

Greg Sankey, commissioner of the SEC has released a statement on Twitter affirming the conference's plan to move slowly when making decisions about the upcoming season.

After several NCAA football conferences announced earlier this month that they will only be hosting conference games this year, the remainder of the “Power 5” have been left scrambling to form a plan for the upcoming football season. Two of the most affected conferences are the SEC and ACC.

The SEC athletic directors met at the conference offices with Greg Sankey to discuss the upcoming football season and what it may look like in 2020. It was the first in-person meeting with the athletic directors since the cancellation of the SEC basketball tournament in March.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey expressed his worries for the upcoming college football season yesterday, saying, "We're running out of time to get it right."

With just under two months to go until college football is supposed to kick off, conference commissioners face difficult choices over how to handle the upcoming fall season during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The South Eastern Conference announced today that this summer's media days will be held virtually due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was originally scheduled to be held July 13-16 at the College Football Hall of Fame and Omni Atlanta Hotel. The new dates have not been announced yet.

Wilson Alexander of The Advocate in Baton Rouge has reported that the SEC has cancelled all athletic events. The SEC has announced all competitions on SEC campuses as well as championships will be suspended until March 30.

Sankey’s contract extension continues a role he began on June 1, 2015 when he became the eighth Commissioner of the SEC.

The Southeastern Conference ushered in a new era with commissioner Greg Sankey's debut at SEC Media Days 2015.

Greg Sankey has been named the eighth commissioner of the Southeastern Conference by the presidents and chancellors of the SEC, it was announced Thursday by Nick Zeppos, chancellor of Vanderbilt University and president of the SEC presidents and chancellors.