Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has a sign that hangs near his office: “Be flexible,” it reads.
The league presidents took the advice to heart. SEC executives on Thursday approved a provision to allow its teams more flexibility amid a COVID-19 outbreak that has postponed four games this weekend and six since the start of the season.
Two teams that have a game impacted on the same weekend can now schedule a game with one another instead of sitting idle, sources tell Sports Illustrated. For instance, under this new policy, if Auburn didn’t have its outbreak this week, the Tigers could have played Alabama this weekend.