re: USA Today's Matt Hayes claiming LSU has to accept Kiffin suspension and massive fine

This guy has been complaining and talk shite for the past 2 weeks online. He doesn't know shite and is just writing an opinion piece becasue he hates Lane, but loves the clicks.

Clickbait bs, don’t post that dude here again

I very much doubt he will be suspended. LSU will be fined though and probably put on probation.

If he’s suspended more than a game, LSU will push back

This guy has been on a crusade for a month

Stop platforming twitter idiots on TD

This guy doesn’t know his head from his rear

Coming from the nation's leading woke newspaper.....

Blow me

Look through Hayes' twitter

Foaming at the mouth hate for LSU and Lane for weeks

Timing is everything and does not work on behalf of the corrupt SEC.

NCAA creates/changes eligibility ? courts say these players can use it ? players start attempting to return ? LSU starts bringing former NFL players back ? SEC creates a new conference rule preventing it.

That's not speculation. The contemporary reporting explicitly describes the SEC rule as coming “in the wake of a court order in Louisiana granting several undrafted free agents an unexpected fifth year.”

And there's another very interesting piece:

On August 29, after another Louisiana court order, the SEC actually told the plaintiffs' lawyers that it would comply with the court order permitting the players to return. That temporarily appeared to clear the way for LSU to add Wright and Harris.

Then the SEC changed tactics and went after LSU through federal court.

This question gets to the heart of the controversy

The SEC's position isn't simply:

“These players were never eligible.”

It is more complicated:

The court says they have eligibility under the new NCAA framework, while the SEC says that, regardless of NCAA eligibility, SEC member schools may not roster players who previously entered the professional ranks.

And the SEC rule was adopted after the court rulings created the possibility of those players returning.

That's a very important distinction if you're trying to determine whether LSU was actually violating an existing rule or whether the SEC essentially created a new conference restriction in response to the court ruling and LSU's attempt to use those players.

There is one more wrinkle that I think is especially important for what you've been investigating: the SEC rule covers much more than players who actually played in the NFL. Someone who merely signed an NFL contract could be barred. Someone who was merely on an NFL roster could be barred. Someone who declared for the draft and didn't withdraw could be barred.

That is why the Harden (SMU)question and the other non-LSU players are potentially very important. The SEC has stepped in it in a big way if they don't back off real quick.

I’m sure there lawyers think differently