Genuinely curious: Why isn’t anyone asking @GregSankey about the impact on SEC players?
He eliminated a second bye week to add a 9th conference game, despite the SEC already playing the toughest schedule in college football. The result? SEC teams now face more physical wear and additional losses, while many other conferences pad their schedules with cupcakes.
By playoff time, SEC rosters are often depleted — with key starters sidelined from the grind of a brutal regular season — while others have spent the entire regular season developing depth against lighter competition.
Expanding to 24 teams only compounds the problem, adding even more games without addressing this fundamental schedule disparity. At what point does player health and long-term career risk take priority over revenue?
These athletes — many now compensated — still deserve schedules that protect their futures, not jeopardize generational opportunities through unnecessary injury risk.
Brett McMurphy@Brett_McMurphy
SEC athletic directors vote to play conference games on next to last week of regular season, starting in 2027. "That's the end of cupcake weekend," SEC commish Greg Sankey said
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