NCAA president, Charlie Baker, released a letter proposing a proactive approach to address issues, aiming to shift discussions from reactive to anticipatory. SEC commissioner, Greg Sankey, and Big 12 commissioner, Brett Yormark, expressed mixed reactions to the letter, with Sankey noting that the letter was not sent to the commissioners, causing surprise and disappointment. Sankey questioned the delay in involving their board in the decision-making process.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey voices again how caught off-guard he and others were by NCAA president Charlie Baker's memo. "Why wasn't our board brought into this conversation sooner?"
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey again notes that his presidents and athletics directors were not notified of Baker's proposal. He sounds disappointed in that decision from the NCAA. "Why wasn't our Board brought into this decision sooner?"
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on Charlie Baker's letter: "Charlie is working to be a part of the solution." Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark: "We hired Charlie to lead and he's leading ... But there's devils in the details."
Greg Sankey says Charlie Baker's memo on Monday was not sent to the commissioners. "What we've seen is Charlie working to be a part of a broad solution."
NCAA president Charlie Baker's letter released Tuesday was not sent to commissioners, says SEC commish Greg Sankey.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on Charlie Baker's proposal: "It was not sent to commissioners. We were all a little bit late relative to the rest of the world."
NCAA prez Charlie Baker: " We need to be able to anticipate where conversations are going and try to get this big, huge, diverse, 180 committees with 2,000 members -- oh my God! -- to a place where they're talking about stuff that is coming instead of responding and reacting to…