Greg Sankey releases officiating statement

[Orange defense]

Everything SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said about officiating. Twitter wasn't kind

Vote him out. This was the weakest statement that I’ve ever seen before!
Now that the official from the sideline judge about being a Bama fan came out, and no response from him on that?

 

[BigOrangeAl 1979]

What a bunch of BS sadly nothing will change with the crooked and one sided officiating. We should just tell the SEC to F off and leave and join the ACC

 

[05_never_again]

Sankey sets up a strawman with that statement. I don't think anybody expects or is demanding perfection. The just recognize BS when they see it, like the personal foul call on Darrell Taylor.

 

[CornFlake]

what did he say?..

 

[Voltopia]

You know, in a goofy way, this all makes sense to me. Why pay a bunch of kids 10,000 dollars apiece when you can just go to the dude who enforces the rules and pay *him* 10,000 dollars? That's a serious cost savings. Hell, pay him 25,000! You don't need anything flagrant, just a few things each game to screw with a team's momentum, or keep a drive going. It doesn't take much.

And maybe you don't even need to pay him. Maybe he's a fan. Deep down, secretly, he's a fan. Nothing egregious. Just, you ignore a holding penalty here, or blow a whistle there. And later on, you blow some false starts or holding once the game is out of reach -- you know, even out those numbers a little. You're not looking to make a splash, just a little edge here and there.

DISCLAIMER - I do not know if any SEC official gets bought off or has biased in their performance history. Well, okay, we know officials can be bought off, it happens all the time. Just, I have no proof or knowledge in this case.

 

[05_never_again]

From the "Conflict of Interest" policy:

An individual will not be assigned as an official for a game involving:

• A university from which the official graduated or was enrolled;

But the head of officiating is an Alabama grad.

 

[vols40]

From the "Conflict of Interest" policy:

But the head of officiating is an Alabama grad.

And this is fact!

 

[Dudleys87]

From the "Conflict of Interest" policy:

But the head of officiating is an Alabama grad.

“Protecting their interests: Profits”

 

[orangerush]

It took four days to deliver that response, the man is a literary genius, lol.

 

[m1al]

Just received this video of Sankey from my sources...

 

[Vol865]

Here's the difference. A coach or player messes up, it could cost their team the game. What happens to the ref when they mess up?

 

[feathersax]

Lame statement from Sankey. Pretty obvious what's going on.

 

[onevol74]

I hope people are not still thinking that the SEC is a credible football league. Fans in other parts of the country do not think so. I have always said that Alabama plays by a different set of rules to than other teams in the SEC. And it is more obvious now than ever.

 

[I4Vols]

What a bunch of BS sadly nothing will change with the crooked and one sided officiating. We should just tell the SEC to F off and leave and join the ACC

Global warming will give us a shoreline... for those who don't believe here is your incentive... Tuscaloosa and the SEC office in Birmingham will be underwater.

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

Buch of word salad BS from Sankey and some fluff to make it look like accountability for these officials.

Those guys have never been held accountable and never will be, just the way it is.

 

[SKBubba]

Here's the full statement.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey on SEC Officiating

Weak sauce. At least they appear to be feeling the heat.

 

[Volbrando]

Vol Twitter and now gamecock Twitter is gonna eat them alive.

Win or lose saturday at least both fan bases are in the same page with this chit

 

[dmwhite1]

We need a Adam silver type commissioner

 

[1SmokinVol]

To hell with cheating Sankey AND all those CHICKENSHIT SEC Presidents that are sitting back raking in millions, instead of calling an FBI investigation into fixing and whatever. They should be raiding Sankey and the sec HQ office at midnight tonight. Sankey Sucks...

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Here’s to hoping UT gets some home cooking on Saturday.

 

[VolGirl1126]

I looked at the twitter and he is getting roasted.

 

[wmcovol]

This clown is so far over his head, he’s lower than whale sh-t. He should have been fired after the Florida hurricane debacle.

Anybody could rake in millions selling SEC football. What great talent does this bumpkin have? Kissing Mike Slives ass was it.

 

[VolGee4]

From the "Conflict of Interest" policy:

But the head of officiating is an Alabama grad.

Yet, Anthony Jordan graduated from Southern and was just an LSU fan. He got exposed. There should never be an official who grew up or lives within about 100 miles from a campus that does those games. Someone who lives in Birmingham shouldn't officiate Bama games, and someone who lives in Cookeville shouldn't officiate UT games. Certainly, also, if a person has a family member who is a fan of a school shouldn't officiate those games either. It isn't difficult either to vet this stuff.

 

[Cartervol]

They need to let him finish his cigar before he makes his statement. At least let him finish counting the money Bama funneled over there.

 

[INKYBERRYVOL]

You want a summary? Here’s your summary. Sankey just shat on the SEC fans; primarily UT & USC’s fanbases...