On Tuesday morning, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey announced that the 2020 SEC Spring Meetings have been canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus.
The 2020 @SEC Spring Meetings have been cancelled. The SEC will determine alternate methods for holding meetings important to conference operations and explore opportunities to recognize award winners who are honored at the event. https://t.co/DYz2JFTQXh
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) March 31, 2020
Sankey also announced that they were looking for “alternate methods for holding meetings important to conference operations.”
The conference was scheduled for the last week of May in Destin, Florida.
Here is what Sankey had to say:
“The SEC Spring Meetings represent one of our Conference’s great traditions and provide an opportunity to celebrate the past year, plan for the future and focus on our mission to serve people through our universities,” said Sankey. “We regret this year’s event will not be held as planned, but we know cancellation is appropriate in the light of supporting safety and well-being during this unprecedented public health crisis.”
The SEC Spring Meetings serve to bring together university presidents and chancellors, athletics directors, student-athletes, senior woman administrators, faculty athletics representatives, communications directors, and head coaches in the sports of football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. The meetings are designed to help shape the rules, regulations and overall strategy for the Conference.
“We are currently exploring ways to conduct as many of the planned meetings in an alternate format and time,” Sankey added. “We will be intentional to celebrate all of the remarkable individuals who would otherwise have been honored at our annual SEC Awards Dinner.”
As of right now, the SEC Media Days, which are scheduled for July 13-16 in Atlanta, is still on the calendar.
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