"Let me be clear -- college athletics is not broken, but it is strained," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said during his opening address to kick off the conference's media days in Atlanta Monday morning.

Sankey addressed several hot-button issues during his state-of-the-conference address Monday at SEC media days in Atlanta.

The commissioner of the Southeastern Conference since 2015, Greg Sankey usually in June starts working on his opening statement for the SEC