re: The SEC has called a Sept. 10th special meeting to vote on kicking LSU out of the SEC

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we would not have any games except Tech to play with 9 conference games. We would not have a football season.

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They’d play out this season. The other schools have too much to lose financially.

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Look I am not here to argue its a good line in the sand but the line that the SEC/NCAA believes it can defend in court is actually putting ink to paper on an NFL contract.

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Google Charles Bediako.

How does the SEC explain having a pretend vote to kick LSU out of the SEC when not a single rule has been broken, but they did not give Alabama the same treatment when Alabama actually played the pro player, and in a situation MUCH different and wayyyy worse than this one, where the player did have eligibility and chose to forego it AND played professionally for 3 years before returning...

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Chambliss did not. The situations are not apples to apples. I am not arguing one is more wrong than the other. But I am not gonna sit here and act like the distinction between our guys and Chambliss isn't clear as day.

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What we think does not matter, i'm talking about applying the actual rule. I highly doubt the by-laws make distinctions of ineligible. By rule, ineligible is ineligible, so unless that is specifically called out and I can't see a world where it is, by rule the situations are the same. Not my opinion vs your opinion, just the actual rules itself.

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You’re right. Judging levels of ineligibleness can’t happen. It’s binary.

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That's the point I'm trying to make, you said it much more succinctly than I have.

The SEC is saying these 2 players are ineligible because they signed an NFL contract. There is no gray area by the SEC itself, so what that means, is...Patrick Mahomes himself is not any more ineligible than these 2 players...again, by rule. Patrick Mahomes is the same level of ineligible than those 2 players, not an opinion, just a fact based on the rule.

The same thing applies to Trinidad Chambliss, who is also ineligible per the NCAA.

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Why would LSU agree to sanctions when they factually have broken zero rules? You could certainly argue they're trying to strong arm LSU into not rostering these 2 guys

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Like you said, attempt to strong arm.