Sankey not worried by rift in SEC on 24-team CFP
Key takeaways
- Sankey made clear he did not "anticipate any decisions on the College Football Playoff" at the meetings, noting that there's still time ahead of the December 1 deadline.
- He's also not concerned that the three other power conference commissioners have come out in favor of doubling the size of the CFP.
- "Doesn't bother me," Sankey said when asked about being the last so-called holdout for expanding to 24.
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MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. -- At a moment of feisty rhetoric around the biggest issues looming over college sports, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey struck a tone of patience and pragmatism on the eve of the league's annual meetings.
Sankey made clear he did not "anticipate any decisions on the College Football Playoff" at the meetings, noting that there's still time ahead of the December 1 deadline. The potential to expand the CFP to 24 teams was a big topic nonetheless.
While the Big Ten's coaches and athletic directors put up a united front in support of expanding to 24 last week at that league's meetings in California, Sankey acknowledged that his league will not have the same unanimity, a fact he seemed unconcerned with. He's also not concerned that the three other power conference commissioners have come out in favor of doubling the size of the CFP.