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SEC is about to sue Arkansas

Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:40 am
Posted by Tigernomics
Member since Jan 2024
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Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:40 am
It’s only right.



Stewart’s situation has an extra wrinkle because he played seven games for the Missoula PaddleHeads of the independent Pioneer League over the summer in Montana.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:41 am to
LSU Softball, you're next!
Posted by Tic44
Texarkana, Arkansas
Member since May 2015
2146 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:43 am to
did he get paid or sign a contract?
Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11931 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:43 am to
The SEC professional athlete rules only apply to Football, Men’s & Women’s basketball. Not to baseball, softball, soccer, etc. Weird selective application of the rules, but that’s what it is currently.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
133373 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:44 am to
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SEC is about to sue Arkansas


I'll wager that they don't
Posted by LSUbasketballfan
Member since Jan 2021
942 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:44 am to
They have a former MLB player playing football for them. Yes, it’s always been done, but the that is in direct violation of the new SEC rule.
Posted by Guava Jelly
Bawston
Member since Jul 2009
12133 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:44 am to
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did he get paid or sign a contract?

He played in 7 games... you think he did it for free?
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
80109 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:45 am to
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did he get paid or sign a contract?


How else would he have played regular season games in the professional league?

The league and teams have to have insurance coverage. They're not going to just let guys show up and play without signing something.
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
56867 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:48 am to
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did he get paid or sign a contract?


The problem presented by this thread is a great illustration of why the SEC needs to tone down its childish hysterical attacks on LSU and Lane Kiffin. Kiffin and LSU are not the problem. The problem is that the NCAA and the SEC need to convene and establish clear and unambiguous RULES defining what is and what is not a "professional athlete". Once we have those clear Rules, the whole SEC can Ban professional athletes from SEC sports rosters.

The problem isn't LSU and Kiffin. The problem is that we haven't solved all of the problems arising out of the recent changes to college sports.

Like my Homie the Gangsta down the block sez:

Don't Hate da Playa. Hate da Game.

FIX THE RULES, SEC! DO YOUR JOB. Stop persecuting LSU and Lane Kiffin.

Let's stop fighting and trying to penalize one another and let's clarify the Rules.
Posted by Tht_1_Night_At_ElCid
Member since Sep 2026
478 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:48 am to
Its so funny that's the line in the sand to be drawn. When theyre all already getting paid.

The real line in the sand should be that there are players that have been playing and practicing with professional teams and coaches. That now have an unfair advantage because theyre experiencing the next level.

But because they never "signed anything". It makes it any different. Somehow?

Next year LSU should send ALL its athletes to minicamps and training camps for MLB, NBA and NFL teams. But forbid them from signing anything. Practice with the pros all offseason. Then see if everyone is still OK with it.
Posted by Tht_1_Night_At_ElCid
Member since Sep 2026
478 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:49 am to
There's new mandates buddy
Posted by RustyDaDog
BAOK
Member since Mar 2023
1217 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:52 am to
Sankey probably hates the pigs less than the Tigers, nothing happens in RKansas
Posted by Longdriver98
Alpharetta, GA
Member since Nov 2005
3871 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:55 am to
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The SEC professional athlete rules only apply to Football, Men’s & Women’s basketball. Not to baseball, softball, soccer, etc. Weird selective application of the rules, but that’s what it is currently.


Hence the hypocrisy

Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
80109 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 9:58 am to
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The SEC professional athlete rules only apply to Football, Men’s & Women’s basketball. Not to baseball, softball, soccer, etc. Weird selective application of the rules, but that’s what it is currently.


Per one of the reporters familiar with the situation, the basis for Arkansas' appeal for his eligibility is the difference between affiliated minor league ball and unaffiliated minor league ball.

Because this is an NCAA eligibility issue.
Posted by Trapped in time
Member since Mar 2023
663 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 10:02 am to
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Next year LSU should send ALL its athletes to minicamps and training camps for MLB, NBA and NFL teams. But forbid them from signing anything. Practice with the pros all offseason. Then see if everyone is still OK with it.


I’d pay to see a lsu vs saints scrimmage
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
181551 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 10:04 am to
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Per one of the reporters familiar with the situation, the basis for Arkansas' appeal for his eligibility is the difference between affiliated minor league ball and unaffiliated minor league ball.



so dae quan wright could appeal based upon it was just the cleveland browns then!
Posted by mikesliveisacheater
Member since Nov 2009
1816 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 10:06 am to
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Per one of the reporters familiar with the situation, the basis for Arkansas' appeal for his eligibility is the difference between affiliated minor league ball and unaffiliated minor league ball.


That sure is a slippery slope. It has to be all or nothing. If not, then what is to stop someone from raiding the CFL and USFL/XFL for any guys that didn't play a fifth year?

My problem with this entire debacle has been that the SEC has been making it up as they go and we still don't have clear rules in place. They just wait until a school tries something and if they don't like it then they try to retroactively prohibit it.
This post was edited on 9/10/26 at 10:07 am
Posted by SoggyCerealClub
Member since Apr 2026
388 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 10:10 am to
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Because this is an NCAA eligibility issue.

Chambliss playing shows the SEC doesn’t care about NCAA eligibility/ineligibility.
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
80109 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 10:21 am to
quote:

That sure is a slippery slope.


Yep. And I think it's an absolutely absurd position to take.

Pros are pros.
Posted by Moot
Nashvegas
Member since Sep 2026
14 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 10:45 am to
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