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re: LSU alum and one of the most powerful men in the country tells SEC to back down

Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:01 pm to
Posted by jonnyanony
Member since Nov 2020
17162 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:01 pm to
quote:

Look, I don’t think he’s going to need to get involved, but claiming the Speaker of the House couldn’t help LSU if this issue escalated is just ignorant.


I'm not exactly sure what he would do, though.

Ask someone in a committee to ... hold a hearing?

Ask another member to draft legislation, what, prohibiting college sports conferences to not enforce rules?
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
10781 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:05 pm to
While being a popular public official, and someone I would vote for if I lived in La, the SEC does not have to answer to the SOH. I’m sure MJ would be granted a meeting with SEC officials if requested, but you’re insinuating he can dictate conference decisions.
He can’t.
Posted by koreandawg
South Korea
Member since Sep 2015
15382 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:07 pm to
He's a lame-duck speaker. Has virtually no chance to keep his job.
Posted by phaz
Waddell, AZ
Member since Jan 2009
7324 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:11 pm to
There are 130 representatives from SEC states not including Louisiana, he would lose all that support, these states take this seriously, he wouldn't be speaker for long
Posted by geoag58
Member since Nov 2011
2605 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:21 pm to
Are you sure this guy will help?

Ineffectual speaker!
Posted by Boom33
Member since Jul 2026
1679 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:22 pm to
quote:

He’s the Speaker of The House . You played yourself fool


Yeah, he's a swamp puppet.

Posted by Boom33
Member since Jul 2026
1679 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:23 pm to
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Sankey looked like shite in Louisiana court, he would look even worse in a congressional hearing. People on the hill divert funds and for weaker shite than this


What funds are going to be diverted away from the SEC?

Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
15358 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:23 pm to
Posted by Chingon Ag
Member since Nov 2018
4297 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:29 pm to
Explains plenty about that fig.
Posted by OhioTiger
Ohio
Member since Oct 2005
830 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:30 pm to
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He's not a powerful man at all. He's a puppet who carries out the agenda of the swamp.

Ok, you can have your opinions on this whole mess, and that’s fine. But you should at least attempt not to say completely retarded shite like this. Ffs, he’s the Speaker of the House. He’s 3rd in line for the presidency. I mean hell, you couldn’t have possibly said anything more stupid.
Posted by Boom33
Member since Jul 2026
1679 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:33 pm to
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Ok, you can have your opinions on this whole mess, and that’s fine. But you should at least attempt not to say completely retarded shite like this. Ffs, he’s the Speaker of the House. He’s 3rd in line for the presidency. I mean hell, you couldn’t have possibly said anything more stupid.


It's funny that you all pretend I don't know he's the speaker. Hell the most amazing thing about him is he somehow turned out to be even worse than Kevin McCarthy.

He's a fricking puppet who serves the MIC, big government and Israel.

Tell me what power he has here.
Posted by Gerg68
Member since Sep 2026
78 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:34 pm to
Like the SEC is going treat LSU?
Posted by AlextheBodacious
Member since Oct 2020
4225 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:35 pm to
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What funds are going to be diverted away from the SEC?

Correct the SEC doesn’t receive congressional funding. Every state that has a school in the SEC however does. Johnson’s influence here wouldn’t be with Sankey or the conference. It would be with Congress and the RNC. Two orgs which he has significant influence over and two orgs that have significant influence over all members of the SEC excluding Vandy though there’s still something there.
This post was edited on 9/9/26 at 10:37 pm
Posted by supersaints9
Colleyville,Tx
Member since Dec 2009
20636 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:52 pm to
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Yeah, he's a swamp puppet.


Yes the man who is second in succession behind the Vice president to be President of The United States is a not important “puppet”.


Posted by geoag58
Member since Nov 2011
2605 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:57 pm to
quote:

It would be with Congress and the RNC. Two orgs which he has significant influence over 


He is an ineffective speaker. How is he going to help LSU?
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
46404 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:59 pm to
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Correct the SEC doesn’t receive congressional funding. Every state that has a school in the SEC however does.


The schools in the SEC also receive a lot of money from the federal government for research and other shite. They are not going to want piss off one of the few people in the country who have influence over that.
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
14851 posts
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:59 pm to
He talks like a fig!
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
26886 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 12:40 am to
LSU has 8 electoral college votes and 6 U.S. representatives.

All the other states with SEC schools have 152 electoral college votes and 130 U.S. representatives.

Good luck if LSU tries to elevate this from Louisiana politics to a national scale.
Posted by rbtgoodson
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2019
357 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 12:59 am to
MJ will be lucky to even be the Speaker after November, so to be frank, there's nothing he can do, and if he loses the House then it's customary for the outgoing Speaker to resign his seat.
Posted by OhioTiger
Ohio
Member since Oct 2005
830 posts
Posted on 9/10/26 at 2:04 am to
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Tell me what power he has here.

He has the power to frick with you anytime he wants to. I mean hell, if you don’t know what power the speaker of the house has, you should be stripped of all voting rights going forward. You’re a prime example of why citizens should have to pass a basic civics test in order to vote.
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