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MAY 27, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH

What administrators, coaches, parents and fans are reading. #whyD3
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1. With College Sports in Limbo and Key Issues Coming to a Head, the Spotlight is on the SEC: ‘It’s Going to Get Heated’

by Ross Dellenger, Yahoo! Sports

“This used to be more of a vacation.

For four decades now, each Memorial Day weekend, university presidents, athletic administrators and football and basketball coaches from the SEC escape to this jewel. From the Sandestin Hilton, along the white sandy beaches of the Florida panhandle, they gather here for their annual spring meetings.

SEC old-timers believe it to be the most consequential gathering in the history of the conference.

Their decision on the future format of the College Football Playoff, if one comes at all, stands not only to remake the sport’s postseason but, perhaps, reshape the college sports landscape in perpetuity.”

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