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They go four days here in the SEC, as opposed to two at ordinary little leagues like the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference – leagues which, it should be pointed out, have won the last two national championships after a seven-year run of SEC hegemony. To kick off this understated little production – complete this year with massive hype/coverage on the SEC Network – new commissioner Greg Sankey stated a three-word credo that will be his focus: Scholars, Champions and Leaders. Here was his modest “vision statement” for each: “For the word scholars, we want to graduate every student-athlete,” Sankey said.