Statement from Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson

The Sun Belt Conference office recently issued a “University Reference Guide” that was created to clarify how the Sun Belt office refers to universities in our conference. While each university approved the list of preferred references for specific purposes, the Guide was intended only to be used as an internal document to establish consistency throughout the Conference.



We have observed unintended uses of this guide, specifically as it relates to university abbreviations. Therefore, we have elected to eliminate the reference guide from public display and distribution.



The Sun Belt Conference will continue to work with our member universities, as it is our intention that each university will be referred to as they wish. All further questions regarding this matter will be deferred to the respective Sun Belt member universities.

