The Big Ten and SEC are the premier college football conferences, and the SEC may follow in the Big Ten's footprints by implementing mandatory league-wide injury reporting.
If the SEC decides to implement injury reporting, it won't come at the request of the NCAA. The NCAA plans to leave mandates related to injury reporting to individual conferences, at least in the immediate future.
“It appears to be a topic of discussion at the conference level; however, currently, it is not on the agenda for any of the [NCAA] sport oversight committees,” an NCAA spokesperson told .
SEC to consider following Big Ten
The Big Ten began reporting official injury status two hours prior to kickoff last season, in large part due to sports betting. In theory, injury reporting can reduce the number of bettors reaching out to players, coaches, trainers, and other staff members for inside information related to player availability.