Did LSU do something that we are unaware of?

It’s fricking insane. But they’re clearly drawing a line with

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Especially with other schools having players on their roster in similar situations as the 2 LSU guys.

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and are not treating the situation the same.

To me the bigger thing would be what contact other SEC schools had with like for like guys like Wright who actually attended NFL training camps or “signed a contract” as so many are parroting.

I’d bet anything I owned that in discovery it would come out that these guys were contacted by multiple schools

The SEC is trying to get the Louisiana courts overruled. The press release is essentially a lawsuit.

Yes he did. It wasn’t under oath.

I think the other 15 SEC schools are afraid of LSU’s potential dominance in the four major sports. We have Lane, Johnson, Wade, and Mulkey. That alone has probably pissed off a few people.

No one wants to see Lane dominate the competition like Saban has done the past 18 seasons. Our rivals are butthurt.,

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The more I think about what the SEC is doing, the less sense it makes.

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The SEC is trying to run the same EXACT same play the Big 12 did with Texas Tech and the Sorsby situation in July. Right down to the similar lawsuit the Big 12 filed against Texas Tech. That is the ONLY reason you are seeing this response to LSU. The SEC saw that play "work" and thinks it will work here.


The SEC knows full well their legal position on this dispute is shaky, at best. But they are trying to strongarm LSU in to capitulating like Tech did. The difference is this isn't about a guy who admitted to gambling on his own team using the local court system to allow him to be able to play when he was otherwise ineligible. It's one of dozens of successful legal actions taken by players all across the country over the last 5-6 years.

Best case scenario for the SEC: LSU capitulates and the SEC thinks they have found the golden hammer to stop any and all future court action re: eligibility.

More likely scenario if LSU doesn't back down: This lawsuit ultimately gets exposed as weak (if not immediately) and the SEC opens itself up the numerous attorneys who are chomping at the bit to take the fight to the NCAA, SEC and the other major conferences to blow up the monopoly those entities have over the college football and basketball market. You very well may be watching the beginning stages of the destruction of the SEC as we know it.

That was eventually going to happen. This may well just hasten it.

You hate em if you ain't em!

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My working theory is that the SEC is more trying to lay bigger-picture groundwork and create precedent that allows them to take some control back from the state courts. In that case I’d expect them to try to sanction LSU somehow to prove the point, but not actually seriously consider expulsion. Maybe that’s naive though.

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I'm not saying you're wrong, because there people are stupid, but this is a terrible test case if that is their plan. They aren't even challenging the whole court order, only as it applies to certain players that they have arbitrarily decided broke some secret rules that were more important than the other rules. If you want to go to war on the TRO system, the Chambliss case would've been the one to do it, because it's a single fairly unique case involving a straight-forward application of the rules.

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I'm not saying you're wrong, because there people are stupid, but this is a terrible test case if that is their plan. They aren't even challenging the whole court order, only as it applies to certain players that they have arbitrarily decided broke some secret rules that were more important than the other rules. If you want to go to war on the TRO system, the Chambliss case would've been the one to do it, because it's a single fairly unique case involving a straight-forward application of the rules.

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I agree 100%. The only answers I can come up with for “why now” are:

1. The wave of media/public sentiment against LSU (based on flawed arguments/understanding of the nuances, but still) in this case.
2. A “straw that broke the camel’s back” type of scenario where maybe the SEC finally felt that enough is enough.

I’m playing devil’s advocate here. I just don’t know how this makes any sense for the conference except as an attempt to assert some bigger-picture power in the face of the state court systems.

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If they are seriously considering expulsion, I’m with you.. it seems like there must be something else to the story here. It just doesn’t make sense otherwise

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But if no one backs down, this is how the issue gets farther forced.

And Im 100% with you. This isnt about LSU, so much as the SEC wants to set the rules and not have to frick with the state courts.