“If change is not accessed or not achieved at that national level, there will be more and more conversation about how we as a conference function and our own decision-making. We have had rules in the past that apply only to our conference that are more restrictive generally than what might happen nationally. That type of conversation has been initiated, and I would expect it to continue, but we'll wait to see what happens at the congressional level.”
At SEC basketball media days, warned that if Congress fails to set national standards, the SEC will look harder at writing its own, more restrictive conference-only rules, and said those talks have already started.