- ABC News
- November 11, 2020
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey called this a "week unlike any other" after having to postpone four college football games because of COVID-19 testing. Sankey, who spoke to reporters Wednesday, projected confidence in the conference's ability to finish a regular season and hold a championship game, but he also recognized the realities and challenges of playing during a global pandemic. Since Monday, the SEC has announced that Saturday's Alabama-LSU, Auburn-Mississippi State, Texas A&M-Tennessee and Georgia-Missouri games have all been postponed after COVID-19 testing left rosters depleted of available players. "I'm certainly shaken," Sankey said of recent developments, "but not deterred." Sankey said the biggest challenge to playing continues to be the number of players held out because of contact tracing as opposed to players with positive test results. Policies around contact tracing, Sankey said, are not determined by the conference but rather at...