FILE - Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey watches the first half of an NCAA college football game between Tennessee and Alabama on Oct. 23, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Over the past two years Sankey has helped the conference land a new additional $350 million television rights deal with ESPN and guided it through the uncertainty of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

FILE - Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference speaks during a news conference on March 12, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Over the past two years Sankey has helped the conference land a new additional $350 million television rights deal with ESPN and guided it through the uncertainty of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey speaks at a press conference on March 11, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Over the past two years Sankey has helped the conference land a new additional $350 million television rights deal with ESPN and guided it through the uncertainty of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)