“This just has to go incredibly well.” — Greg Sankey, Oct. 10, 2024.
The Southeastern Conference commissioner said that at a hotel in Nashville with fellow college football strongman Tony Petitti of the Big Ten Conference sitting next to him. Athletic directors from the two leagues had just met, ostensibly to discuss the myriad issues facing college athletics, but also with the underlying potential to further distance themselves from their competition. When those two get together, everyone else should be nervous.
