Greg Sankey: SEC-Big Ten partnership to advise, not circumvent NCAA

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Sankey said he first considered the partnership with the Big Ten after feeling frustrated by a lack of progress during meetings on the College Football Playoff and with the Division I council last month. After the latter meetings, Sankey said a number of stakeholders approached him asking for the SEC and Big Ten to simply identify their goals.
Sankey then reached out to Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, and they gained approval from their membership to pursue a partnership.
"We're going to try to take that responsibility of leadership and see if we can develop some ideas that can help us," Sankey said.

Sankey might be late to the game but it sounds like he finally realized how useless the NCAA has become. It is too big and gives too much power to those who bring nothing to the table.

Sankey later suggested his relationships with some other members of college athletics' leadership were harmed by the SEC's addition of Texas and Oklahoma, a move that kicked off the latest round of realignment that ultimately resulted in the demise of the Pac-12, which now includes just two members -- Oregon State and Washington State.

Sankey is blamed for setting into motion the forces that brought the demise of the Pac and severely weakened the Big 12. Those 2 will never trust him again and will fight him tooth and nail. I believe he is letting them know that he does not need them.