re: Are LSU fans really prepared to go to the mattresses for Lane?

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That’s a massive assumption

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These court filings are directly in line with what the SEC and BIG10 will need in order to leave the NCAA and form a super conference.

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If Sankey is the driver of all this (and that is a big assumption, but let’s say he is) you guys are choosing a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Sankey will exit the stage shortly. Do you really wanna self-immolate over this?

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We will find somewhere else. Im done with this. Fire Sankey or lose LSU. He has been bad for the conference and let the Big Ten lap the SEC and then has a personal vendetta.

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You understand that the will be no more conferences in 10 years for the upper tier programs.

No one is gonna give a shite about conferences.

In fact, the main reason the SEC is doing this is so they can break away from the NCAA.

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It's not so much to break away from the NCAA as it is to establish its own abilities to create rules.

The SEC is not prone to anti-trust lawsuits. They only represent 16 teams out of hundreds. There are plenty of other options out there for players.

A player can be made eligible by the NCAA, but it can still fall short of conference and school requirements. Kind of like schools that require higher academic standards.

And that's what this is going to be about. And hopefully the SEC wins because it will end all this TRO crap. Not just with LSU, for everyone. The Alabama case, the Ole Miss case, would all be ended right away by the SECs final say.

It'll also allow the SEC to implement other rules that are currently fricking things up via the NCAA.

Everyone should hope the SEC wins IMO.

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Ok. So, you’re saying that LSU is positioning itself to be the sacrificial lamb in order to bring this result about? If this “super conference” model comes about, will LSU be a part of that on the heels of a nasty divorce from one of the pillar organizations of this new entity?

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Not at all

I’m simply pointing out that all this is part of a much bigger picture and that the end result to LSU athletics is of little concern in the short term

Sec will disappear with the 64 team league. Cease to exist

I agree. And I don’t want it to happen ( I’ll forgo the opportunity for the easy snipe of them being a consistent W). I just see all this secessionist rhetoric from the LSU fans that is extremely shortsighted.

If this happens, even a moron like you knows Lane is gone in a cocaine heartbeat, right?

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Are LSU fans really prepared to go to the mattresses for Lane?

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After observing the pettiness and cherry picking virtue signaling of Sankey, Sark, and the Tennessee wench, not just yes... But... Abso-fricking-lutely

Forget about the former pro's, with the financial maneuvering by LSU to fund Kelly's buyout and also fund Lane along with immense player payroll resources...I would say yes the fans need to go to the mattresses for Lane, NOW. IMO this is about winning NOW, not "let's see what Lane can do". Lane has explicitly clear, extremely high expectations that most paddy cake programs can't relate to. Whether folks on tRant care to admit it, there is opportunity for a new pecking order in the SEC and LSU is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure they are at the top, but not only are they willing, they HAVE to given their current financial arrangements. IMO, Lane is under extreme pressure, it sounds to me like LSU, fans, donors, and the big $ behind the scenes folks are all in alignment, will be interesting to see how this plays out both in terms of W's and L's but also how Lane himself handles the extreme pressure.

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Let’s be honest, without Lane in Baton Rouge, events don’t get to this point. All he had to do was tell these players, “Thanks, but no thanks” and this all goes away.

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LSU did not play the players after getting a TRO, but Ole Miss did.