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re: Rabalais's article in the Advocate makes some sense.

Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:26 pm to
Posted by tiger81
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:26 pm to
Said this at the beginning of the week.... let's play ball.
Posted by moneyg
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:28 pm to
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Said this at the beginning of the week.... let's play ball.



one of the vaginas mentioned earlier in this thread.

Posted by ianfson1
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:29 pm to
Oh my God.
Posted by Kim Jong Ir
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:29 pm to
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This is not our fight. It's the players and their lawyers.


If the injunction goes through we just should let them walk? Play for Ole Miss, Florida, Texas, etc?
Posted by mdomingue
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:34 pm to
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Those are a lot of ifs. And those players are not game changers for LSU.




RJ Luis is.




Luis should not be eligible. He made a bad choice last year before he was out of eligibility.
Posted by Big EZ Tiger
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:36 pm to
At this point, it seems like the SEC/media is trying to label LSU as the bad guys, so let the players' attorneys fight until the end and see if we come out on top through their battles with the SEC, the NCAA and the courts.
This post was edited on 8/28/26 at 1:07 pm
Posted by Honkus
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:39 pm to
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He made a bad choice last year before he was out of eligibility.


I get that but also can't reconcile that with the 90+ ex-euro-pros who are eligible to play college basketball this season

There has to be some consistency in the rules and it feels like they are taking everything on a case-by-case instance.

Glad we're pushing the envelope and hope this will effect change. Until then keep pushing coach.
Posted by SoloTiger
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:41 pm to
The amount of low testosterone males in society today is alarming.
Posted by Adam Banks
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:41 pm to
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Luis should not be eligible. He made a bad choice last year before he was out of eligibility.








They didn’t give us any extra Ws because McMahon was doing it the “right way”





They aren’t subtracting Ws from other teams playing Euro pros.



Other SEC schools are signing guys just like Luis.



Posted by mdomingue
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:52 pm to
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And Pyburn's


Pyburn was not in my original calculus on this. He may not be an every-game changer, but he is certainly a some-game changer. I would love to have him back, but not at a very steep price tag.
Posted by mdomingue
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:56 pm to
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Other SEC schools are signing guys just like Luis.



Give me examples. You may be right.


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They didn’t give us any extra Ws because McMahon was doing it the “right way”




There is no right-way BS here. Luis is pretty much the same as Bediako. If he is granted eligibility, sure, go for it. Provided LSU is insulated from any consequences.

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They aren’t subtracting Ws from other teams playing Euro pros.




I have no issues with the Euros we are getting. Basketball has an odd way of determining eligibility there, but they do have a stated policy that they use for that.
Posted by TheRouxGuru
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:59 pm to
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Or just let it play out. The lawyers are handling all this stuff. It takes nothing from LSU attention wise to deal with this.


No dude, you just don’t understand, people are saying mean things about LSU on the Internet
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 12:59 pm to
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The amount of low testosterone males in society today is alarming.



Are you going around testing men's testosterone levels?

Or did you think that was witty

Gotta admit, I use some variety of that insult sometimes
Posted by Ironhead985
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:01 pm to
Guys like him are bringing down the collective testosterone rates of our entire fanbase.
Posted by Ebridg3
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:04 pm to
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The verbiage of the injunction will dictate that for LSU and whether it is a preliminary injunction or a permanent one. If it's a preliminary injunction that bars the NCAA or the SEC from penalizing LSU even if the final ruling is not in the players' favor, then go for it.

Those are a lot of ifs. And those players are not game changers for LSU.

So I am all for wait-and-see, but be cautious.


Youre mostly correct but overstaying the seriousness.

These judges already know to do that. They did it in the Pavia case. The SEC doesnt even have a restitution rule but the NCAA does. In either case, it will be a temp injunction with anti restitution clause.

The real question is other bs. Refs, media, recruiting etc
Posted by The Pirate King
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:06 pm to
Rabalais should have been relegated to women's basketball and gymnastics years ago
Posted by BeepBopBoop
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:06 pm to
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Rabalais is


A pumpkin headed jackass. F that guy and the Advocate.

Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48873 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:07 pm to
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but also can't reconcile that with the 90+ ex-euro-pros who are eligible to play college basketball this season



There is a method to determine that because of how basketball works in Europe; they start playing for professional club teams while still in HS over there.

For US college players, entering the draft and not withdrawing within 72 hours ends your eligibility. Any of the HS class of 2022 who did that this year have a case, IMO, but if they entered early last year, they do not.
Posted by Papa Tigah
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:09 pm to
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48873 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:15 pm to
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You seemed to straddle the fence which is fine.


I kinda do. I think the HS class of 2022 was screwed and should be able to come back. But I also see the possibility of things indirectly impacting LSU negatively, from refs to the CFP committee. I don't think the best solution is as simple as some seem to think it is.

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Principle is 100% on the players' side whose 2022 class got treated differently than other classes (2020 and 2021 got the COVID year), and now classes from here on out get to potentially play 5 seasons.



Agree.

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The PROPER solution is one that Rabalais didn't cover unless I missed it. The NCAA and conferences should ADMIT their timing mistake on the 5 for 5 policy change and grandfather in these players on a one time exemption. But Sankey and the other "leaders" ego probably won't allow them to admit the OBVIOUS mistake!



Also correct.

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NotaStarGazer


What the heck is going on here? You and I are starting to mostly agree on stuff.
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