On Wednesday morning, the SEC made an announcement that the 2020 SEC Media Days would hold its first ever virtual media days this year, due to the coronavirus.
SEC Football Media Days was originally scheduled to be held in Atlanta, July 13-16, at the College Football Hall of Fame and Omni Atlanta Hotel.
NEWS | @SEC football media days to be conducted virtuallyhttps://t.co/EDqfZhGOZw
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) June 10, 2020
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey shared that:
“Conducting football media days in a virtual format will provide us the opportunity to manage the event in a healthy manner as we continue to be impacted by COVID-19, and will provide flexibility for our programs to adjust their preparation for the 2020 football season according to the preseason calendar that is expected to be expanded due to the cancellation of the spring football season. We look forward to returning to our traditional media days format in 2021.”
The SEC also announced that ” the virtual event will feature Sankey’s annual “State of the SEC” address, as well as media sessions with the conference’s 14 head coaches and select student-athletes from each school. The SEC is in planning with the SEC Network to provide wall-to-wall coverage of the virtual event.