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Conference hopes for uniform start date

FAYETTEVILLE — Southeastern Conference leaders are hopeful for an on-time start to the 2020 football season, with all other FBS conferences on board.

During an interview with Jacksonville, Fla., radio station 1010XL, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Thursday he is “preparing to play football Labor Day weekend as scheduled,” but added, “I don’t know what will happen between now and then that’s going to guide us.”

“The hope is (all conferences would) move along together, and to date that’s been the conversation and collective thinking about how we might have to adjust,” Sankey said.

There are 10 conferences and seven independent schools that make up the NCAA’s largest football-playing division, the FBS.