BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Convention and Commissioner Greg Sankey have agreed to a freelance extension thru 2028.
Monetary phrases weren’t disclosed within the unlock on Thursday. Sankey, 58, is in his 9th yr after turning into the SEC’s 8th commissioner in 2015.
As NCAA Transformation Committee co-chair, Sankey helped enlarge the School Soccer Playoff from 4 to twelve groups. Moreover, the SEC has expanded so as to add Texas and Oklahoma in 2024 and finalized a 10-year broadcast rights settlement with ABC/ESPN for soccer and basketball.
Sankey expressed gratitude for the toughen and self belief and stated he seeks to maintain the convention’s luck and “satisfy our undertaking to supply our younger other people with the chance to develop academically and problem themselves thru elite pageant.”
College of Alabama president Stuart Bell, who took over this month as SEC President, credited Sankey within the unlock for advancing the convention on a countrywide scale and stated officers across the league held him in top regard.
SEC colleges earned 8 nationwide titles final season with Georgia repeating as School Soccer Playoff champion and LSU profitable the ladies’s basketball and baseball titles. The convention has received 48 nationwide titles all the way through Sankey’s tenure.
