The Latest Breaking News from Greg Sankey

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has often been called the most powerful person in college athletics. (It’s an honorific he has tried to deflect, describing himself as influential more than powerful.)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – To reach the main entrance of the Grand Hyatt Hotel where SEC Football Media Days are being held this week, the local DOT detours traffic three blocks north in a single lane traveling between concrete barricades, directs it into a U-turn, then brings it back three blocks…

Rival schools and states keep trying to one up one another on name, image and likeness rules, creating a complete mess. Something needs to change soon.

The SEC commissioner paid tribute to the late Mississippi State coach with a touching gesture Monday.

ATLANTA — It looks like the SEC Championship game will remain in Atlanta for a good while longer. How much longer remains to be seen.

When sports betting eventually becomes legal in Florida, the Gators do not expect to be blindsided.

Nick Saban and others are set to meet with lawmakers after the California State Assembly passed a bill requiring athlete revenue sharing for its D1 schools—thrusting issues like NIL into the spotlight.

The NCAA and conference commissioners are exploring several changes to current recruiting policies, including letters of intent, the early signing period and the IAWP rule.

Even if it’s just a short-term solution, the country’s best conference opted for a softer path with a safer outcome in its eight-game football schedule.

College football’s premier conference committed Thursday to keeping an eight-game league slate, at least temporarily, ahead of the SEC debuts of Texas and Oklahoma.