re: Dellenger: SEC will comply with court orders, paving the way for signings

In my opinion the SEC still has claws, but the Louisiana judge has clipped them for now.

The current order specifically names the SEC and Sankey and blocks them from punishing LSU for playing these guys. If the SEC tries to enforce its penalties while that order is active, it risks contempt. The real fight comes at the preliminary injunction hearing Thursday and then on an emergency appeal.

LSU’s strongest argument is that these players entered the NFL because the NCAA told them their college eligibility was exhausted. The NCAA then created a five year eligibility model but excluded their specific class. When courts gave them another year, the SEC quickly created a new rule with massive penalties to stop schools from using them. That looks like the SEC trying to work around the court.

The SEC does still have some leverage. If LSU plays them under an injunction and that injunction is later reversed, the NCAA could try to use its Rule of Restitution to vacate wins. The SEC could also attempt its new penalties, but suspending Kiffin for half a season and taking 50% of LSU’s football budget after LSU followed a court order would trigger another major lawsuit.

My prediction: these particular players eventually receive a one year exception because this is a unique transition year mess. After that, the NCAA and conferences will adopt a firm rule preventing future NFL to college returns. LSU is protected right now, but until the appeals are finished, there is still some risk of wins being challenged later.

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We don't need to take that gamble with future penalties as a possibility

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Pretty sure that the judge would reference previous losses where teams played players later found to be ineligible after a TRO was given as precedent that retroactive penalties could not be applied if the schools followed the restrictions once a TRO or injunction was overturned.

I think maybe that will be the case. My understanding is that the SEC is actively working to get into court. We may get granularity next week.

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Help me understand how can there be penalties later if they just said the players are eligible?

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Just trying to scare schools into compliance.

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Help me understand how can there be penalties later if they just said the players are eligible?

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There can't be. As of the time they play, they are eligible. Even if they are declared ineligible later. There is precedent.

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It's the temporarily restrained part that concerns rational-thinking folks. It may not be worth worrying about; most of us here are not lawyers, I suspect, so it's hard not to be a little concerned.

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The juice isn't worth the squeeze.


If I hear this shite one more time I’m going to pull my hair out!!!

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Let me give an update.

Those great attorneys, Led Zeppelin said: “Squeeze me baby, til the juice runs down my leg. The way you squeeze my lemon, makes me fall right out of bed.”

Knew he didn't have the balls to fight it. Play ball

Good, I guess. Let’s fricking play ball. I’m tired of all this legal shite.

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I was not trying to say that they would impose retroactive penalties. To clarify, if they win the appeal, they MAY be able to impose penalties going forward. So, let’s say the SEC wins the appeal mid season, could they not then rule the players ineligible for the remainder of the season and impose fines if we don’t comply? Isn’t that what Dellinger reported: “This does not mean that penalties won’t eventually be enforced through other legal mechanisms, such as a suit in federal court, or if the SEC wins in trial.”

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1) They won’t win because they’ve been wrong on the merits this whole time. Ole Miss is just being insane and Sankey won’t tell them to stfu


2) The part you’re quoting is just Sankey trying to save face.



He’s such an idiot for letting it get this far. The SEC is so flat out wrong on the merits that this has always been a waste of time. He’s getting some very bad advice.