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Difference is that professional leagues have collective bargaining. The artificial caps on salaries are agreed to by players unions.
This proposed act has no input from the players. Players simply get what they are told. But, coaches have no limits. That is anti- American. Providing rights and privileges to some but not others is a step backward.

On his Sirius XM morning show the other day, Rick Neuhiesel brought up a nightmare scenario and wondered if Oxford officials had any plans for it.
The scenario: LSU is up by 11 going into the 4th quarter. OM rallies by scoring a TD and going for Two. Then they hit a FG to tie at end of regulation. Then they win in OT. Students storm the field……how are they going to protect Lane? When he went back to Tennessee, they hit him with golf balls from a distance. Would some OM fans actually assault Kiffin?

What matters is how the team responds to the coach. Moore is calm, unflappable, and projects quiet confidence. Players seem to love playing for him.

Idk if one style is better than the other. As long as players are ready to put it behind them, channel frustration, and execute the next play. It seems like they did that with how they played in the 2nd half.

Made at halftime indicates a “lack of institutional control”??
LSU did NOT violate any rules. They were not even a party to the court case last week. They have never rostered a player who signed an NFL contract. They kept a space open in case the Federal court rules two specific players eligible.
Steve Spurrier said humorous digs toward other conference schools his whole career. Did Florida lack institutional control over him? If Lane’s halftime comment results in any punishment, then it’s clear that this whole thing was personal agenda driven. I think LSU’s lawyers will have a field day in countering this if the SEC proceeds. Does Sankey really want to testify again and look foolish a second time trying to defend illogical decisions.

I think it’s silly but, the players seemed to enjoy it. That’s what matters.
It would have been funny if Golding would have kept it for OM. But, he said in an article that he cut that stuff out bc he felt they were winning “in spite of” distractions like that when Kiffin was there.

This is why I laughed when it was reported this week that Michigan may refuse to schedule LSU in the future. Michigan claiming the moral high ground over any program is peak being unaware.

It is an apples to apples comparison. Bama didn’t play Bedihko when the court no longer said he was eligible.
Kiffin has said that LSU will follow court orders. They haven’t played a player who was ineligible or done anything wrong. They haven’t played a player who was ruled ineligible. All these players are considered eligible by a court order (same as Pavia and Chambliss). If the LA Supreme Court or the Federal case changes their eligibility, then LSU will not play them.

To say LSU has done something nefarious is silly. The precedent has been set by Vandy, Bama, Ole Miss, and other schools are rostering 2022 players who tried to go pro.

Monken has retracted that first statement that he made.

In no way would I condone the behavior that Lane did and Vanity Fair wrote about. I believe it’s accurate reporting. It’s def been talked about on the SEC rant many times.

At the same time, he was OC at Alabama ten years ago. People grow and change a lot in ten years. The time that he was at OM, there were not stories like this. Could it have been hidden? Sure. But, he has reconciled with his wife and connected with his adult (son is nearly an adult) kids. If he was chasing Sorority girls in Oxford, I think that info would work its way to his daughter (involved in OM sorority). I don’t think they would talk about how they’ve grown closer if his daughter suspected or knew he was sleeping with girls she rushed with.
I think that is a past chapter of his life that by all accounts his family has reconciled with. If they have moved on, then it should be a dead issue.
If reports come out that he was doing the same behavior at OM and currently at LSU, I would not want him as my coach.

LSU is not fighting other SEC institutions. There are other schools trying to get players eligible and doing the same thing.
Lane and LSU are being scapegoated like they are the only one bc Lane/LSU get clicks.