SEC commissioner calls on Congress to set national standards for athlete compensation
1 year, 5 months ago

SEC commissioner calls on Congress to set national standards for athlete compensation

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “But I can tell you what we’re living, and that’s third-party involvement and different rules of engagement by different states.” Sankey said the league heard again in late June from athletes asking for uniform NIL rules. “Every state with legalized sports gambling must act to ensure enforcement of gaming regulations and put in place clearly stated laws that protect participants from hostile behavior, particularly barring individuals who engage in that behavior from any further involvement in sports gambling,” Sankey said. HELLO TEXAS SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said the 2024 edition of SEC Media Days will “light up the Dallas skyline” between July 15-18 at the Omni Hotel. REMEMBERING THE PIRATE SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey opened the league’s annual media days not wearing a necktie specifically to honor former Mississippi State coach Mike Leach, who died last December at the age of 61.

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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’
5 months, 1 week ago

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DALLAS — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey unofficially opened the league’s first football season as 16-team league Monday in a massive hotel ballroom in North Texas, a new setting for SEC Media Days at a time when everything about college sports seems to be in flux. …

Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
8 months ago

Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA’s playing rules oversight committee on Friday approved the use of coach-to-player helmet communications in games for the 2024 season. The football rules committee last month made a recommendation to allow — but not require — teams at the highest tier of Division I to …

SEC commissioner Sankey takes in his 1st Texas-Oklahoma game year before the schools join his league
1 year, 2 months ago

SEC commissioner Sankey takes in his 1st Texas-Oklahoma game year before the schools join his league

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m a fan of college football, so I’ve wanted to be here,” Sankey said. Sankey said they have a healthy relationship and had a “really cordial conversation.” Sankey said the game at Cotton Bowl Stadium, with the fans are split 50-50 burnt orange and crimson, is …

SEC to review ways to address fans storming fields, courts
2 years, 1 month ago

SEC to review ways to address fans storming fields, courts

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference announced Friday it will review policies on postgame field and court storming by fans and explore ways schools can make the raucous celebrations safer. The move comes after Tennessee and LSU were fined last month by the SEC for fans …

Power, influence growing for SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey
3 years ago

Power, influence growing for SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! As Sankey was preparing to succeed his mentor, Kramer told the athletic directors in attendance the new commissioner would need their help more than anyone who had ever occupied that office to “navigate uncharted waters.” “And that is so true,” Sankey said during an hour-long interview …

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