SEC commissioner Greg Sankey started with the high points, winding his way through his usual football media days state-of-the-union address.
He pointed to the league winning a record 13 team national championships; that it was putting in additional programming to fight the growing influence of sports gambling; that its live viewership hours during football season accounted for 40% of those consumed by the Power Four leagues.
And then, the questions began.
“How real are the conversations within the SEC about potentially breaking away from the college structure as we know it?” a reporter queried.
“They’re real,” Sankey answered flatly. “People…
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