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Bill Hancock didn’t realize he was such a popular guy. It was lunchtime last week at the Sandestin Beach Hilton during the annual SEC spring business meetings when Hancock found himself surrounded by a growing crowd of reporters. They all wanted to know the same thing from Hancock, executive director of the new College Football Playoff coming in the 2014 season.

The Southeastern Conference will distribute approximately $289.4 million to the 14 league institutions in the revenue sharing plan for the 2012-13 fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31, 2013, according to league commissioner Mike Slive.

In June of 2012, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors formed a “Working Group on Concussions,” charged with reviewing available research, evaluating diagnosis guidelines, identifying standards of care, and analyzing issues related to a student-athlete’s return to activity following a concussion. The Working Group represents a commitment by the Conference to put the health and safety of its student athletes at the forefront as a first priority.

The Southeastern Conference’s annual Spring Meetings get underway Tuesday in Destin, Fla., with the annual gathering of the league’s athletics directors, senior woman administrators, faculty representatives, presidents, chancellors, football coaches and basketball coaches.