re: The situation at LSU

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Everybody just be cool

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I prefer to be chill. That work?

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I think you should file suit on your mother and father for procreating, and making you.

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A bottom dweller of the sports world has to resort to genealogy roasts just to feel alive. Stooping down to your level (and speaking of procreation) for just a minute, please do not have kids. The world will be much better off.

For good measure, here's what the internet/AI has to say:

Generally, no, you cannot be successfully sued simply for encouraging someone to file a lawsuit if that lawsuit is ultimately proven to have merit and wins in court.

Because anyone can technically file a lawsuit about anything, the target of the lawsuit could try to sue you, but their case against you would almost certainly fail.

The law shields you for two primary reasons:

(1) truth/merit is an absolute defense against claims of litigation abuse

(2) providing truthful information or encouraging legal rights is protected behavior.

Why You Are ProtectedA Meritorious Win Disproves Malice:

To sue you for "wrongfully stirring up a lawsuit," the other party would have to prove you acted maliciously to cause harm. The fact that the plaintiff won on merit proves that a legitimate legal wrong occurred. You cannot be penalized for encouraging someone to seek lawful justice for a real injury.

First Amendment / Free Speech Protection:

Simply telling a friend, "Hey, that company cheated you, you should sue them," is a form of protected speech. You are merely pointing out their legal rights.

The Death of Old Laws:

Hundreds of years ago, English common law had crimes called maintenance (stirring up someone else's lawsuit) and champerty (funding someone else's lawsuit for a cut of the money). In modern law, these doctrines have been heavily restricted or completely abolished in most jurisdictions. Today, encouraging or even funding a lawsuit is completely legal as long as the case is not a fake, malicious sham.

The Only (Extremely Rare) Exceptions:

There are only a couple of highly specific scenarios where encouraging a successful lawsuit could land you in legal hot water:

(1) Breach of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) or Contract.
If you signed a legally binding NDA promising never to share certain information, and you broke that contract by giving the information to someone else to help them sue, you could be sued—not for encouraging the lawsuit, but for breaching your contract.

(2) Tortious Interference (In rare business contexts).
If you maliciously used fraud, threats, or stolen trade secrets to actively induce someone to break a contract and sue a competitor, the competitor might try to claim tortious interference. However, if the lawsuit itself was won on merit, proving your actions were "improper or unjustified" becomes an incredibly steep uphill battle.

It seems to me that even if LSU encouraged the players to file suit, there isn't much if anything the NCAA/SEC can do if at some point an injunction is awarded/declared. An injunction shows that a judge believes there is "merit" to the plaintiff/s case/lawsuit.

Of course, our legal system has shown to be corrupt so in that sense an injunction doesn't prove a damn thing. We already have anecdotal evidence of judges doing whatever the hell they want regardless of the law.