The Southeastern Conference is expected to disclose proposals today for a four-team college football playoff and for its league scheduling format for the 2013 season and beyond, and the staggering annual revenue sharing figures will be revealed as well.
Thursday, however, was all about giving.
The league and its 14 institutions announced a $100,000 donation to the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund to aid in its fight against Alzheimer’s. Summitt retired as Tennessee’s women’s basketball coach in April because of her early-onset dementia.
“Coach Summitt is an integral part of the Southeastern Conference’s history,” league commissioner Mike Slive said, “and we will be forever grateful for her many contributions to this league and to college basketball.”
Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight national titles and 18 Final Four trips, and Tennessee won the SEC regular season, the league tournament or both in 22 of her last 25 seasons.