re: I hate to say it federal court and sec has no case on lsu

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If it had the backing of all schools, then yes, they should be allowed to

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What you think and what the law says are two different things. The schools could only do it for as long as their states allowed it. Once all the states made it illegal it effectively killed any bylaw the conference could ever make.

MLB was the only one to get an exemption without a CBA. The NFL and all other pro sports gained a limited antitrust exemption by letting the players unionize and negotiating a CBA. CFB will have to do the same. The NCAA and SEC are notorious for using selective enforcement. Just like they’re doing here. Bediako case is a prime example. They actually played him in 5 games

Was Alabama sued? Were they threatened with expulsion? Were they threatened with program crippling penalties? LSU got each and every one of those for just thinking about it. They still haven’t rostered a player yet. That’s why the NCAA falls under the Sherman Act and and courts should decide the rules until all rules are applied equally.

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What you think and what the law says are two different things. The schools could only do it for as long as their states allowed it. Once all the states made it illegal it effectively killed any bylaw the conference could ever make.

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The states wouldn't allow it for the same reason the schools wouldn't do it to start with. It's not 1950 and people don't want that shite.

When it was 1950 and people did want that shite, it was legal.

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MLB was the only one to get an exemption without a CBA. The NFL and all other pro sports gained a limited antitrust exemption by letting the players unionize and negotiating a CBA. CFB will have to do the same. The NCAA and SEC are notorious for using selective enforcement. Just like they’re doing here. Bediako case is a prime example. They actually played him in 5 games

Was Alabama sued? Were they threatened with expulsion? Were they threatened with program crippling penalties? LSU got each and every one of those for just thinking about it. They still haven’t rostered a player yet. That’s why the NCAA falls under the Sherman Act and and courts should decide the rules until all rules are applied equally.

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One is an individual exception - forced by a court, one threatens the entire conferences roster rules.

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You mean other than the rules that state and clarify exactly what is allowed and what isn't.

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Yet yesterday, the conference admitted that it couldn't differentiate between how those groups are defined and labeled.

Maybe don’t enforce roster rules at your own discretion and you won’t get owned in court.

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Maybe don’t enforce roster rules at your own discretion and you won’t get owned in court.

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You mean that ones that were court ordered and never actually approved by the SEC?

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It's a case on if the SEC and conferences have autonomy to define their own rules and punishments for breaking them.

It can be a rule that says all members must claim the sky is brown. You can argue how much the sky is blue all you want to, but the actual question won't be about the color of the sky, it will be about if the SEC has the right to create its own rules and penalties.

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The issue in federal court is going to be whether the SEC can change their rules after the fact in order to selectively target a single program. And the answer is no, they can't.

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the conference and its members are being forced to accept players that may not meet the standards the conference and teams have chosen for themselves

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I know you don't want to hear this but the class of 2022 players were treated unfairly, discriminated against even. You can say they can play in a different conference but that doesn't solve the problem. The conference would still be discriminating against those players, which is illegal. The conference has no case

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The SEC tried to play nice

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You mean the clown car of Sankey et al? All they proved is that they have no idea what's going on

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LSU ignored it

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The case has STILL never been about LSU. It's amazing how thick headed you people are being about this

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Which will also be used as further evidence in the case

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The "evidence" is that their case against LSU is clearly vindictive, runs contrary to an already settled state claim and the conference is acting hypocritically. They claim they are a non-profit administrative association whose rules are voluntary internal agreements among member schools. Then in another court they try to act like they are an organization discrete enough that their rights have been violated. You can't have it both ways.

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It's not an eligibility case for the 100th time

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Oh yes it is if you're going to say a certain group of players is being forced on you

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It's a case on if the SEC and conferences have autonomy to define their own rules and punishments for breaking them

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Not when those rules run afoul of court orders. That should be obvious

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If the SEC wins, all this TRO shite goes away

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The defendants can first argue for a change of venue and second, appeal if they lose.

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If the SEC loses, then it will be the wild west

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I don't see how this happens because NOW there's a clear rule. Regardless, there is a very very clear way to stop all this - CBA

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That instance didn't change existing rules of the conference while the current TROs do

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Chambliss is currently ineligible according to NATIONAL rules

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This is in your head.

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This board has been ate up with Kiffin hate for 2 weeks. People STILL think the issue is Kiffin vs CFB

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The courts have repeatedly said the NCAA is powerless to enforce any standards

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CBA solves this