SEC's Latest Scandals Ask an Uncomfortable Question

# SEC’s Latest Scandals Ask an Uncomfortable Question: Where Is Greg Sankey? The league’s commissioner has been notably absent during Ole Miss’s alleged tampering with a Clemson linebacker and Alabama pushing for eligibility for pro hoops player Charles Bediako. [Pat Forde](/author/pat-forde)| In this story: [Alabama Crimson Tide](https://www.si.com/college/college-basketball/team/alabama-crimson-tide)[Ole Miss Rebels](https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/ole-miss-rebels)[Clemson Tigers](https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/clemson-tigers) [Add us on](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=si.com) --- The two hottest current controversies in college athletics have one thing in common: a Southeastern Conference school has pushed the envelope to the point of breaking. You’re shocked, I know. Mississippi’s (successful) (alleged) tampering with erstwhile Clemson linebacker Luke Ferrelli pushed Tigers football coach Dabo Swinney and athletic director Graham Neff to the point of an extraordinary public calling out of Rebels coach Pete Golding and his general manager, Austin Thomas. “Tampering 301,” [Swinney called it](https://video.wmt.media/embed/2e72ae4d-307c-41fe-a291-220b30922ce9), while announcing that the school has turned in Ole Miss to the NCAA. And in men’s basketball, Alabama is shredding all precedent and abandoning all shame—again—in pursuit of winning. The Crimson Tide used [a homer local judge](https://www.si.com/college-basketball/judge-ruled-charles-bediako-financial-ties-alabama) ruling to put former player and—until Jan. 17—[current G League professional Charles Bediako](https://www.si.com/college-basketball/ex-alabama-star-who-played-in-the-g-league-pushing-for-additional-ncaa-eligibility) on the floor [Saturday night against Tennessee](https://www.si.com/college-basketball/how-charles-bediako-fared-first-game-alabama-controversial-return-tennessee). The Crimson Tide lost the game but gained a 7-footer, who will