"They’re real," Greg Sankey said Monday of talks with school presidents involving the SEC separating itself from the rest of the NCAA. "There is meaning and value and I do think a national expectation that we participate in a national organization," he said. Sankey said more research is needed, especially regarding "media interest" — likely shorthand for media rights interest — in adding more games. The commissioner conceded that the SEC is not bent on getting its way regarding every issue that college sports is trying to solve. "I think we do a better job now than has ever been done in college athletics," Sankey said.