SEC Media Days will take place in Dallas, TX in 2024

The 2023 SEC Media Days get under this week as all 14 of the conference’s head coaches and various other representatives have descended upon Nashville to discuss the upcoming season of football — the last before soon-to-be former Big 12 powers Texas and Oklahoma migrate to the SEC.

But with those two new schools coming in, the league has decided to venture into a new part of SEC country next summer to host their Media Days.

According to college football insider Brett McMurphy, the SEC’s 2024 Media Days will be hosted in Dallas, TX. He reported that news to Twitter on Monday:

“Next year’s SEC Media Days will be held in Dallas, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. It will be 1st year with Texas & Oklahoma in the league & 1st time SEC Media Days held in Longhorn State.”

So, SEC Media Days takes on Dallas in what most people consider the “Lone Star State” rather than the “Longhorn State.” McMurphy is already catching plenty of heat for his improper Texan nomenclature, especially from Texas A&M fans.

Greg Sankey signs extension to be SEC commissioner through 2028

In other major SEC news, Greg Sankey is going to be sticking around the league for the next half-decade, at the least.

On Thursday, the SEC announced that Sankey has agreed to a contract extension that’ll keep him in-charge of arguably the most competitive collegiate athletic conference through at least 2028.

“Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in his position through at least 2028, the Conference announced on Thursday,” the SEC’s press release read. “Sankey’s contract extension, approved by the Conference’s Presidents and Chancellors, continues a role he began on June 1, 2015, when he became the eighth Commissioner of the SEC.”

Over his time as the SEC Commissioner, Sankey has elevated to arguably the most important person in all of collegiate athletics, especially due to the advent of conference expansion over the last couple of years, and the coming addition of the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners to the SEC.

Moreover, Sankey is “grateful for the continue opportunity” to lead the SEC, as he said in a statement accompanying the press release announcing his extension.

“I am grateful for the continued opportunity to serve and support the universities and student-athletes of the Southeastern Conference and I appreciate the confidence placed in me by the SEC’s presidents and chancellors,” said Sankey. “I look forward to working with the leaders of our member universities as we meet the challenges ahead for college athletics, seek to sustain the success of our Conference and fulfill our mission to provide our young people with the opportunity to grow academically and challenge themselves through elite competition.”