"After 30 years of getting up at an ungodly hour, in the middle of the night basically, I have decided that early next year I am going to step away from the morning show."
"We're all fearful when you disconnect with an audience for a couple of months. This is a short-term memory span society; you don't want to be gone for too long."
With the conference ditching longtime partner CBS and jumping to the Disney-owned ESPN/ABC this year, Sankey now presides over an SEC that is fully invested in broadcast revenue, period.
"After 30 years of getting up at an ungodly hour, in the middle of the night basically, I have decided that early next year I am going to step away from the morning show."