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

Regardless, it's probably not a great idea to push the envelope so far, that your own conference files a federal lawsuit against you. LSU could with the court case, and ultimately lose the war. Repercussions could, and probably will be, massive.

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Chambliss is currently ineligible according to the NCAA. Not a peep from the SEC about punishing OM for playing him.

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How should the SEC have written the rule to only affect Chambliss and not affect any others playing 6th for medical redshirts or other reasons under the existing rules at the time?

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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

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And MULTIPLE courts in MULTIPLE states have ruled as such even BEFORE the case yesterday in Baton Rouge

Yeah. Not a fan either. But they have handled basketball differently. If this ultimately puts a stop to all that B's cool, but I don't see it.

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Or the NCAA could provide clear, concise and unambiguous eligibility requirements with clear and consistent enforcement that could have prevented all of this from the start.

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As far as the 5 for 5 or age based rules are pretty unambiguous regardless of what the plaintiffs attorney said.

New Age based rules actually cannot be applied to anyone who exhausted eligibility after the 2025-2026 seasons under the then existing rules. They made the decision in June after the sports year over that anyone out of eligibility under prior rule cannot have the new age eligibility rule applied to them to reopen their eligibility status. Student athletes with eligibility remaining after 2025-2026 and new incoming ones this fall can apply old or new whichever is most beneficial. Age based rules only start for incoming freshmen classes for 2027.

They did not pick the 2022 class arbitrarily to deny a 5th year. You don’t have to specifically exclude a class when you are not going by incoming classes but by having eligibility remaining or not having any remaining at end of the college sports 2025-2026 year which is also following the rules in place that the 2022 class signed up for and played each year under for those out of eligibility or those with eligibility remaining after the year.

Also if they had specifically and explicitly left out 2022 they would have had to include the exceptions for those already set to play a 5th year. There are members of the 2022 class who were already set to play a 5th year under the old rules before injunctions and TROs as they still had eligibility remaining after the completion of 2025-2026 year. The Oklahoma QB playing tonight is one of the them along with Ben Bordelon at LSU amongst many others across the country.

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The transition to the age-based rules will depend on the student-athlete’s status and enrollment timeline.

Student-athletes who used their final season of competition (under previous rules) during 2025-26:
No additional eligibility.

Current student-athletes with eligibility remaining (under previous rules) after the 2025-26 academic year:
Either the previous rules OR the new age-based rule, whichever is most beneficial to the student-athlete.

Prospects who initially enroll full time at any college or university during 2026-27:
Either the previous rules OR the new age-based rule, whichever is most beneficial to the student-athlete.

Prospects who initially enroll full time at any college or university in fall 2027 or later:
The age-based rule only.

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