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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Big Ten and SEC make history this week as the conferences’ leaders will meet to discuss and potentially develop plans to better adapt to the changes sweeping across college athletics. The topics will be broad, and perhaps no solutions will be reached, but for the first time, the two are closely aligned in their thinking as they attempt to prepare for a revenue-sharing model with players and lead the charge on reforming the rules in the new age of college athletics.
“It’s an opportunity to learn from our athletic directors together,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told CBS Sports on Saturday. “That’s the primary objective. How that guides us in this time of change, I think, is an important opportunity for a conversation. It certainly is something that’s not been done before.”
The meeting among the athletic directors is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Nashville. The in-person gathering is the result of a months-long collaboration between the conferences after they formed a joint advisory committee earlier this year to develop plans to prepare for the potential settlement of antitrust lawsuits while also exploring avenues to work together, both on and off the field. Topics expected to be discussed include more scheduling opportunities, including more bowl games, and rules enforcement models to police name, image and likeness collectives, sources told CBS Sports.
“I don’t think we ever predicted we’re going to automatically change the world,” Sankey said. “I have said repeatedly we want to bring people into the conversation, so our athletic directors are part of that, and I’m sensitive to the others involved as well in Division I, particularly in the autonomy level. I look forward to the conversation. We’ll see…
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2024-10-08 13:53:03
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