SEC media days kicked off on Monday, the conference's annual week of press conferences, coachspeak and limited player availability. Monday's event began with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey and a joke:
Dan WolkenSEC commissioner Greg Sankey starts his media day press conference with an awkward joke about how there’s more media here than covering the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki
Of the topics Sankey addressed, the legalization of sports gambling around the country was of particular interest.
"Those involved in legalized gambling are the best at knowing what's happened," he said while speaking about how the SEC might monitor gambling, per Aaron Reiss of the Kansas City Star.