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re: SEC Suing LSU & Kiffin Directly For “Deliberately Recruiting Pro Athletes”

Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:29 pm to
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
62723 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:29 pm to
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Stankey says this does not apply to all professional leagues like Europe, Asia, Africa.......


Sankey should just as arbitrarily say,” this doesn’t apply to schools that I like.”
Posted by Robcrzy
Mandeville
Member since Nov 2007
1650 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:33 pm to
SEC will lose and this is all that needs to be evidence. This was the first lawsuit filed and led to the rest. Kiffin didnt tell nobody to do shite.
The first lawsuit filed after the NCAA adopted its new age-based “five-for-five” eligibility model (June 23, 2026) was brought the following day, June 24, 2026, in Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio.

That action, styled *Borovicanin v. NCAA*, was filed on behalf of 15 men’s and women’s basketball players from the high-school Class of 2022 who had completed four seasons of competition without a redshirt. The lead plaintiffs most frequently identified in contemporaneous reporting were Xavier’s Filip Borovicanin and Cincinnati’s MJ Collins.

The complete original group of 15 plaintiffs was:

- Filip Borovicanin (Xavier)
- MJ Collins (Cincinnati / formerly Utah State)
- Malik Messina-Moore (Xavier)
- Kolby King (Utah State)
- Javon Bennett (Dayton)
- Chevalier Emery Jr. (Cleveland State)
- Jalen Quinn (Drake)
- Savannah White (Xavier)
- Donovan Brown (Massachusetts)
- Christian Henry (Fordham)
- Ziare Wells (Oakland)
- Cristian Carroll (Youngstown State)
- Shawn Phillips Jr. (Missouri)
- Caden Powell (Baylor)
- Josh Reed (Drexel)

The suit, brought by attorneys Ryan Downton and Darren Heitner, sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction so the players could compete in 2026–27. It was the first of a series of similar actions filed that week and in the following weeks in multiple states.

An earlier 2025 class-action suit led by Vanderbilt’s Langston Patterson and Issa Ouattara had challenged the pre-existing four-seasons-in-five-years redshirt rule itself; the June 2026 Ohio filing was the first to target the NCAA’s decision, after adopting five-for-five, to exclude the Class of 2022 from the new framework.
Posted by Robcrzy
Mandeville
Member since Nov 2007
1650 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:41 pm to
18 separate lawsuits were filed before Pyburns was filed in August. but its Lanes fault they sued
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31790 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 9:05 pm to
I really want this to go to discovery so we can find out which schools put Sankey up to this.

I really think they thought LSU would do what we always did and tuck our tails and run. Boy have things changed.
Posted by Brotorious
NOLA
Member since May 2013
913 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 9:14 pm to
Why is this the hill the SEC is trying to die on?

Because Dodge Chargers and Challengers don't get it done anymore. Power people in Alabama are very scared. What LSU has rolling isn't going to stop.

Editing to say- The SEC very well could die on this hill. You'd have to be really dense to just look at the surface of all these happenings. Football landscape has changed. LSU seems to be forward thinking and evolving....because of the power of the brand. NCAA is dead.
This post was edited on 9/3/26 at 9:51 pm
Posted by DeplorableTerrorizer
Member since Nov 2025
577 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 9:32 pm to
Personally id find it hilarious if the federal court put a stay on any player that went through the draft from being eligible.

Now all the other schools are pissed at the sec for this idiocy and costing them players
Posted by js1591
Member since Jan 2020
3080 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 9:33 pm to
These people absolutely need their a$$es whipped.
Posted by Pas Bon
Galveston County, TX
Member since Sep 2003
2060 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 9:33 pm to
That man would be very, very wise to not step foot in Baton Rouge for a long time. Of course, none of his antics have been very, very wise to-date.
Posted by js1591
Member since Jan 2020
3080 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 9:39 pm to
He looks like he has a pickle jar up his butt.
Posted by Jest a game
Member since Aug 2024
3009 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 10:27 pm to
They cant sue la. According to AG. We are sovereign. No worries
Posted by QB
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2013
9121 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 10:32 pm to
So LSU is being sued whether they roster these players or not, but other schools are rostering players based on this decision today with impunity??
Do I have that correct?
Posted by Thorny
Montgomery, AL
Member since May 2008
2419 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 10:34 pm to
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Nowhere was there ever a distinction drawn between minicamp participants and training camp participants until last week when news broke that Wright and Pyburn were considered returning to LSU if they won their court cases.

As soon as that news came out there was a big rush to draw an arbitrary line and say “those are pros” and minicamp guys are not.

It’s already a horseshite distinction. But the really egregious bald faced lie is Sankey and other SEC presidents/AGs trying to gaslight everyone into believing that has always been considered a crucial distinction between pro and amateur, as opposed to one they came up with last week to carveout an avenue to go after just Lane and LSU.


If the SEC had created the new rule at the May meetings as a reaction to Bediako, this all would have been avoided. But, they waited until the TRO was filed last week, indicating they were trying to do what the NCAA had just been prohibited from doing. It's no surprise they got laughed out of court today.
Posted by BornAndRaised_LA
Springfield, VA
Member since Oct 2018
6936 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 11:16 pm to
Do you know what “coercing” means? Be honest.
Posted by tgerb8
Huntsvegas
Member since Aug 2007
6683 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 1:09 am to
quote:

quote:

I worry that the SEC is going to "direct" its referees to ignore penalties or go after LSU , affecting outcome of some of the games this season


They’ve already been doing this over a decade


Exactly. The only sane thing I've taken away from all of this is that now I understand why Patrick Petersons interception wasn't an interception.
Posted by TigerBait1971
PTC GA
Member since Oct 2014
16633 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 3:23 am to
Haven't read all 12 pages of this thread.

Do we know when this goes before the judge?
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
14788 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 6:17 am to
Haven't read all 12 pages of this thread.
—the rule is, never admit this. You’re supposed to sound off without any context. ;-)
Posted by ole man
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
18990 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 6:22 am to
They basically took Sankeys dick and spanked it with a yardstick then told him to get the frick out of LA, with this horse shite, and Jason Williams is a bigger dumbass than I thought for defending the SEC, he got his arse beat down too
Posted by SpookeyTiger
Williamsburg, MO
Member since Jan 2012
3615 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 6:41 am to
quote:

I mean Lane didn't recruit these guys till after the NCAA came out with their 5 for 5 rule, right? So what is the point of this lawsuit except that they hate Lane and LSU.


FEAR. The SEC was ok with LSU winning from time to time but they can’t stand the thought of this backward place becoming a CFB dynasty.

Lane at LSU is about to make history and they can’t take it.

Really a shame because LSU is a founding member of the SEC.
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
26696 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 6:43 am to
We can see why Williams prefers to not charge criminals. If he had to go into court defense attorneys would be packing his shite every time.
Posted by Roymg
Covington
Member since Apr 2005
740 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 7:10 am to
Hey Stinky, were they on any roster?
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