Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry Comments On The NCAA Eligibility Chaos

By Staff Reporter•Aug 26, 20269:08 pm•

Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times / USA TODAY NETWORK

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry weighed in Wednesday on the ongoing eligibility battle involving LSU, the SEC, and former professional players attempting to return to college sports.

Landry defended the players and criticized the SEC's handling of the situation, saying the conference is now "creating a legal mess" after athletes were previously told they had exhausted their college eligibility.

"This whole thing is ridiculous. Don't hate the player, hate the game," Landry told Front Office Sports.

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Mr Happy•2 hours

His comments seem reasonable.

Timeoday•2 hours

The only reason they declared is they were told they did not have a 5th year. The legal arguments are going to be very entertaining.

Tiger1988•1 hour

A player that wasn’t drafted and didn’t sign a contract and didn’t go to training camp is ineligible according to Stankey and that’s another dimension that moron is fricking up on. YET there are 23 other former pro athletes from other leagues bigger than the CBA and WNBA playing in the SEC.. go figure that shite out

Tiger1988•1 hour

100% agree with this.

Portballs•2 hours

Think it's pretty safe to say that if players that declared eligible for the draft, are drafted, and then want to go back to play at college level......that it wouldn't fix a damn thing. Only 1% can compete in the NFL. Sorry if you're a 5%er.....

Tiger1988•1 hour

This is just part of the issue he also banned players that didn’t do those things…

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