In a Q&A with The State in Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina President Andrew Sorenson tackled a number of issues discussed during the Southeastern Conference spring meetings, including the discussions of a playoff in the Football Bowl Subdivision and academic reform in the form of the Academic Performance Rate (APR). Sorenson said that in 18 years in the SEC, he’s had many former student-athletes who turned pro but never graduated say to him that they wish they had continued their education.

“We have to continually remind ourselves that the primary reason that student-athletes are attending universities is to get a university education,” Sorenson told The State.