re: Tevin Lawson to accept greyshirt?

You are correct in that the SEC originally did it because so many players were being signed knowing they would not qualify. Some schools were signing 35 players knowing many of them had no chance and were going to juco. The new rule has eliminated that practice. That's why LSU did not accept LOIs from players like John Thomas. But I still think if it was intended to join the initial counter limit and the signee limit at the hip, it would specifically be stated that way.

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The member universities are the SEC. They can implement the rules however they want (as long as they are more restrictive).

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I agree completely, just pointing out that when they have previously differed or been more restrictive they have specifically stated the differences in their operating bylaws. They have not done so in this case.

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Are you sure they didn't count back 1 to 2011? Hill participated in the spring game.

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I'm not sure, I would have to revisit the 2011 class. I do know that was the one with the self imposed restriction due to the Hicks/NCAA investigation.

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There are tons of circumstantial evidence that the LOI interpretation is how it is being done in practice. I have seen zero evidence contrary to it.

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What other evidence is there? I know there is LSU's situation with this most recent class, but that alone doesn't convince me for a few different reasons. The only other thing I'm aware of is an article about a year ago inferred this interpretation based on a quote from an SEC official that most likely was in reference to another rule.