A number of issues are being discussed at the SEC Spring Meetings this week in Destin. All such roundtables are, of course, conducted behind closed doors in the beachside resort.

Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne took a few minutes Wednesday to talk about some of the issues on the agenda along with a few topics of interest to Crimson Tide sports. A quick rundown of his thoughts:

On transfer and graduate transfer rules:

"I think, the things that coach (Saban) has talked about makes a lot of sense. All we're doing is following the rule in place. And if the rule changes, then we're going to follow that rule."

"One of the things that doesn't get talked about in all of this is, obviously we want our young people to graduate. Top priority for what we do. Something that doesn't get talked about a whole lot is how the student athletes who are teammates of theirs, how they feel about it. The national SAAC, Student Athletic Advisory Committee, came out and said they didn't want to see intraconference transfers without a year in residence.

"They had a different stance when it came to graduate transfers but I talked to some of members who were here, who were part of the SEC student advisory committee and they were kind of split on 'Hey, I kind of get it. I don't really want to go against my former teammate and that item doesn't get talked a whole lot about when that comes along. I think it's important to have part of the conversation as far as their teammates that are left in the process and what it means to them as well."

On integrity of the game with gambling expanding:

"What the discussion is making sure we're ramping up what we're already doing. The integrity of the game and what takes place on the courts and the fields and every place else is important and this just gives you another reminder of staying on top of that on a regular basis.

As Arizona's AD, the Pac-12 played conference tournaments in Las Vegas. Did it change anything?

"When we were going there, it was something we did a reminder for our student athletes, talking about that, about the important of ... that was a pretty controlled environment because they were scheduled 24 hours a day. That was part of the conversation. It has to be."

On concerns with gambling:

"There is people who enjoy gambling and do it responsibly. There's a side of that where there's an addiction to gambling. There's people who put themselves in a very challenging position because of the choices they make when it comes to that. I don't know much about it. I remember I was about 23 and I lost $100 in Lake Tahoe. I haven't played a dang thing since then."

Could schools use gambling as revenue stream?

"We have to look at ourselves and say what is the best path for make sure we're protecting the integrity as a top priority."

Could SEC go to nine league games?

"There's always that discussion every year. There still isn't a lot of traction outside of us and maybe one or two other schools and that depends on the year."

On future non-conference games:

"We still have a period between 2024 and 2027 where we're talking about some different scenarios. I'm sure neutral (site) games will be part of those year. Will they be all four? I don't know yet. It depends on how some conversations go."

On discussion of alcohol sales at SEC stadiums?

"Very little so far. I know there's some schools that want more autonomy and some schools that don't. We're not leading the charge on that."

Alabama's stance on selling alcohol in stadiums?

"We're not leading the charge."