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Greg Sankey discusses SEC’s decision to hold 2020 basketball tournament with attendance restrictions
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Once the dominos around the nation began to fall, it seemed like only a matter of time before the Southeastern Conference joined the growing list of sports leagues and conferences to limit or postpone their events.
Wednesday evening, the SEC joined the list and announced the 2020 SEC Tournament would be held without fans beginning Thursday. It was an interesting decision considering the SEC allowed fans into Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday for the Georiga and Ole Miss and Vanderbilt and Arkansas games.
Here’s the statement issued by the SEC on Wednesday:
The Southeastern Conference has announced it will conduct the 2020 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament with only essential staff, limited family and credentialed media in attendance at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for the remainder of the week beginning on Thursday following the recommendation of the NCAA COVID-19 Advisory Panel related to conducting sporting events closed to the public.
In addition, the SEC announced that all regular season contests in all sports on SEC campuses and SEC Championship events will be conducted with similar attendance restrictions effective Thursday, March 12 through at least March 30 at which time the conference and its member universities will re-evaluate conditions.
Following the news, league commissioner Greg Sankey joined the SEC Network to share his thoughts on the league’s decision. It’s somewhat ironic that Sankey discusses holding the tournament without fans inside the arena while there are fans all around him in the arena.
Check it out below, courtesy of the SEC Network:
The @SEC has announced that all events will be conducted with attendance restrictions through at least March 30th.
Commissioner @GregSankey joined SEC Now to discuss: pic.twitter.com/VNy6wqXBTj
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) March 12, 2020
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
