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LSU's Track Record of Violations and "lack of institutional control" (Link)
Posted on 9/9/26 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 9/9/26 at 12:58 pm
Don't shoot the messenger. Thoughts? Twitter link below.
The SEC accusing LSU of “lack of institutional control” hits differently when you look at the timeline:
2011-12 — NCAA major-infractions case. Recruiting violations. LSU put on probation.
2012-17 — Booster John Paul Funes provides $180K in impermissible benefits to a football player’s family using money embezzled from a hospital foundation.
2013 — Les Miles investigation intentionally stored offsite. AD Joe Alleva recommends firing him. LSU keeps him.
2017-19 — Will Wade caught on FBI wiretap discussing a “strong-arse offer.”
2019 — LSU suspends Wade after he refuses to meet with LSU/NCAA officials. Reinstates him 5 weeks later.
2020 — LSU’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations exposed.
2020 — Odell Beckham Jr. hands LSU players cash after the national title.
2020 — LSU self-imposes scholarship cuts, recruiting restrictions and a bowl ban amid the NCAA investigation.
LSU’s statement:
“This decision reflects LSU’s commitment to compliance with NCAA regulations and maintenance of institutional control.”
2021 — Independent review finds systemic Title IX failures. Verge Ausberry suspended 30 days without pay.
2022 — LSU fires Wade after an NCAA Notice of Allegations containing multiple Level I allegations.
2022 — Separate NCAA case: Football commits COVID dead-period recruiting violations. One year probation.
2023 — IARP resolves the football/basketball case: multiple violations, failure to monitor, 37 football wins vacated and 3 more years probation, beginning when the prior probation ended Sept. 21, 2023.
The NCAA also alleged lack of institutional control. The IARP did not sustain that allegation.
2024 — LSU pays $1.9M to settle Title IX claims. No admission of liability.
2026 — LSU rehires Will Wade.
The AD announcing the hire? Verge Ausberry.
2026 — Wade pursues international pros, an NBA draft pick and players with professional basketball experience.
2026 — LSU pursues outside capital tied to future SEC media revenue.
2026 — LSU pushes to add players who signed NFL contracts and went through NFL camps.
Sept. 2026 — The SEC sues LSU. Ausberry is a named defendant.
LSU ultimately leaves the former NFL players off its final roster.
The SEC presses forward anyway.
Its amended complaint says LSU’s actions “confirm the lack of institutional control over the athletics program at LSU that is required by Article 6 of the SEC Constitution.”
At the informal direction of the other 15 SEC presidents and chancellors, Sankey calls a Special Meeting for Sept. 10 to consider terminating LSU’s membership — whether LSU backs off the professional players or not.
And LSU is still on NCAA probation.
It expires Sept. 21.
Twelve days from now.
Different coaches. Different scandals.
Same institution. And in some cases, the same people.
The SEC accusing LSU of “lack of institutional control” hits differently when you look at the timeline:
2011-12 — NCAA major-infractions case. Recruiting violations. LSU put on probation.
2012-17 — Booster John Paul Funes provides $180K in impermissible benefits to a football player’s family using money embezzled from a hospital foundation.
2013 — Les Miles investigation intentionally stored offsite. AD Joe Alleva recommends firing him. LSU keeps him.
2017-19 — Will Wade caught on FBI wiretap discussing a “strong-arse offer.”
2019 — LSU suspends Wade after he refuses to meet with LSU/NCAA officials. Reinstates him 5 weeks later.
2020 — LSU’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations exposed.
2020 — Odell Beckham Jr. hands LSU players cash after the national title.
2020 — LSU self-imposes scholarship cuts, recruiting restrictions and a bowl ban amid the NCAA investigation.
LSU’s statement:
“This decision reflects LSU’s commitment to compliance with NCAA regulations and maintenance of institutional control.”
2021 — Independent review finds systemic Title IX failures. Verge Ausberry suspended 30 days without pay.
2022 — LSU fires Wade after an NCAA Notice of Allegations containing multiple Level I allegations.
2022 — Separate NCAA case: Football commits COVID dead-period recruiting violations. One year probation.
2023 — IARP resolves the football/basketball case: multiple violations, failure to monitor, 37 football wins vacated and 3 more years probation, beginning when the prior probation ended Sept. 21, 2023.
The NCAA also alleged lack of institutional control. The IARP did not sustain that allegation.
2024 — LSU pays $1.9M to settle Title IX claims. No admission of liability.
2026 — LSU rehires Will Wade.
The AD announcing the hire? Verge Ausberry.
2026 — Wade pursues international pros, an NBA draft pick and players with professional basketball experience.
2026 — LSU pursues outside capital tied to future SEC media revenue.
2026 — LSU pushes to add players who signed NFL contracts and went through NFL camps.
Sept. 2026 — The SEC sues LSU. Ausberry is a named defendant.
LSU ultimately leaves the former NFL players off its final roster.
The SEC presses forward anyway.
Its amended complaint says LSU’s actions “confirm the lack of institutional control over the athletics program at LSU that is required by Article 6 of the SEC Constitution.”
At the informal direction of the other 15 SEC presidents and chancellors, Sankey calls a Special Meeting for Sept. 10 to consider terminating LSU’s membership — whether LSU backs off the professional players or not.
And LSU is still on NCAA probation.
It expires Sept. 21.
Twelve days from now.
Different coaches. Different scandals.
Same institution. And in some cases, the same people.
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 12:59 pm to Nitro Express
There has never been a clearer case of LoIC.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 12:59 pm to Nitro Express
Broken Black Bear already posted this.
Gumps pretending they aren’t scared either
Gumps pretending they aren’t scared either
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:00 pm to Nitro Express
And not one single mother was murdered.
CEH with the justifiable can’t be shite on.
CEH with the justifiable can’t be shite on.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:00 pm to Nitro Express
Ignoring your basketball players murdering an innocent, mother before cheating on your cancer-ridden wife with a staffer…
Now THAT is institutional control!!!
Now THAT is institutional control!!!
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:00 pm to Nitro Express
OK, Karen.
Keep on whining when Sankey does the TACO thing.
Keep on whining when Sankey does the TACO thing.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:01 pm to NFLSU
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Broken Black Bear already posted this.
Gumps pretending they aren’t scared either
Going over it again can't hurt. Besides, it bothers you and that's enough for me.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:01 pm to BoarEd
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There has never been a clearer case of LoIC.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:02 pm to BoarEd
Death Penalty is the only appropriate option at this point
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:02 pm to HotBoudin
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Keep on whining
All I did was post a link. Sounds like your tinder a little heart is wanting to whine about it. Not the other way around.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:02 pm to Nitro Express
Gumps pretending they haven’t started 10x more threads about Kiffin since LSU hired him than anyone else
Being ranked outside of the Top 10 and having 11AM season openers at home will do that.
Being ranked outside of the Top 10 and having 11AM season openers at home will do that.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:05 pm to BoarEd
thats an even bigger shite show than I even imagined.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:05 pm to Nitro Express
That dude whines on X like a fricking bitch constantly. He's a former Ole Miss staffer and general all around d-bag.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:05 pm to BoarEd
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There has never been a clearer case of LoIC.
Clearly Sankey didn’t agree since he just chickened out
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:06 pm to Nitro Express
Brennon is a Bitch all things considered
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:13 pm to Nitro Express
You posted a novel with historical (hysterical?) dates, not a link. Someone is being a whiney Karen, and it's you.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:19 pm to HotBoudin
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You posted a novel with historical (hysterical?) dates, not a link. Someone is being a whiney Karen, and it's you.
I'm sorry it offended you. Maybe cheat less?
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:21 pm to Nitro Express
Tennessee Volunteers
Recurring football scandals, systematic recruiting violations, and high-profile administrative turnover.
2001–2003: NCAA places Tennessee basketball on probation due to impermissible benefits and recruiting violations under Jerry Green and Wade Houston.
2009: Lane Kiffin’s single, chaotic year as head football coach produces multiple secondary NCAA violations, high-profile recruitment drama, and hostesses sent illegally to high school games.
2011: Head basketball coach Bruce Pearl is fired after being caught lying to NCAA investigators (and famously hosting a prospect at a home BBQ). Pearl receives a 3-year show-cause penalty.
2014: A systemic sexual assault lawsuit filed by multiple female students alleges a hostile environment and Title IX violations within the athletic department, specifically involving football players. Tennessee settles for $2.48 million in 2016.
2018–2020: Under Jeremy Pruitt, the football program engages in rampant, systemic violations. Over 200 individual infractions (including 18 Level I violations) occur. Cash hand-outs are delivered to prospects and families in McDonald's bags, alongside illegal hotel stays and meals.
2021: Tennessee fires Pruitt for cause, cleans out AD Phillip Fulmer, and self-imposes scholarship reductions to blunt NCAA penalties.
2023: The NCAA issues an 8-year show-cause penalty to Pruitt, slaps Tennessee with an $8 million fine, and cites the program for failure to monitor.
2024: Tennessee files a landmark federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA to block investigations into its NIL collective (Spyre Sports Group), resulting in a preliminary injunction that severely weakens NCAA enforcement powers nationwide.
Ole Miss Rebels
Decades of NCAA repeat-offender status spanning multiple coaching staffs and widespread academic fraud.
1986 & 1994: Ole Miss football is hit with major NCAA probations and postseason bans for recruiting cash payments, impermissible cars, and improper benefits.
2013–2016 (The Hugh Freeze Era): Ole Miss football embarks on an elite recruiting run that draws intense NCAA scrutiny, uncovering 15+ Level I violations involving booster cash, free lodgings, and academic fraud.
2016: Women’s basketball and track programs are hit with NCAA sanctions for academic fraud and recruiting misconduct, compounding the ongoing football probe.
2017: Ole Miss receives a formal Notice of Allegations including lack of institutional control. Hugh Freeze resigns after an internal investigation reveals a pattern of calls to escort services on a university-issued cell phone.
2017–2018: The NCAA hands down a 2-year bowl ban, 3 years of probation, and vacates 33 football wins across five seasons.
2020–present: Ole Miss routinely pushes the outer edge of transfer portal rules and NIL regulation, maintaining its historical role as an SEC compliance lighting rod.
Alabama Crimson Tide
A history of heavy NCAA hammer drops, repeat-offender designations, and major win vacated periods prior to Nick Saban's arrival.
1995: The NCAA hits Alabama football with a postseason ban, 3 years probation, and loss of 30 scholarships over textbook and recruiting violations involving Antonio Langham signing with an agent.
2002: The NCAA delivers one of its harshest penalties ever—just short of the "Death Penalty"—on Alabama football. Violations include boosters paying up to $150,000 to recruit prospects (Albert Means scandal). The NCAA explicitly cites lack of institutional control, issuing a 2-year bowl ban and stripping 21 scholarships.
2007: Alabama is placed back on probation after basketball coach Mark Gottfried and staff fail to monitor compliance protocols.
2009: Before completing its 2002 probation recovery, Alabama is hit with major sanctions in the "Textbook Scandal." Athletes across 16 sports improperly used scholarship textbook supply codes for non-athletes. Alabama is forced to vacate 21 football wins from the 2005–2007 seasons and placed on 3 years probation.
Auburn Tigers
Booster coups, multi-sport FBI arrests, and administrative infighting.
1991 & 1993: Former player Eric Ramsey releases secret tape recordings showing Auburn boosters and coaches providing cash and payments. Auburn football receives a 2-year bowl ban, TV ban, and probation for Level I recruiting violations.
2003: "JetGate." Auburn President William Walker and AD David Housel secretly fly a private jet to Louisville to negotiate with Bobby Petrino to replace head coach Tommy Tuberville—while Tuberville is still employed. The fallout leads to the university president's resignation.
2010: The Cam Newton eligibility investigation. Reports emerge that Newton’s father solicited $180,000 from Mississippi State during recruitment. The NCAA rules Newton ineligible, but reinstates him within 24 hours citing a lack of evidence that Cam knew of his father's actions, triggering major national backlash.
2017: Associate head basketball coach Chuck Person is arrested by the FBI in a bribery and corruption sting for taking bribes from financial advisers to steer Auburn players to specific agents.
2021: The NCAA penalizes Auburn basketball with 4 years probation, self-imposed postseason bans, and a 13-game suspension for head coach Bruce Pearl (his second major SEC violation).
2022: A dramatic, multi-week booster-led attempt to fire football coach Bryan Harsin for cause devolves into character assassination leak campaigns before he is eventually bought out for $15 million after just 21 games.
Recurring football scandals, systematic recruiting violations, and high-profile administrative turnover.
2001–2003: NCAA places Tennessee basketball on probation due to impermissible benefits and recruiting violations under Jerry Green and Wade Houston.
2009: Lane Kiffin’s single, chaotic year as head football coach produces multiple secondary NCAA violations, high-profile recruitment drama, and hostesses sent illegally to high school games.
2011: Head basketball coach Bruce Pearl is fired after being caught lying to NCAA investigators (and famously hosting a prospect at a home BBQ). Pearl receives a 3-year show-cause penalty.
2014: A systemic sexual assault lawsuit filed by multiple female students alleges a hostile environment and Title IX violations within the athletic department, specifically involving football players. Tennessee settles for $2.48 million in 2016.
2018–2020: Under Jeremy Pruitt, the football program engages in rampant, systemic violations. Over 200 individual infractions (including 18 Level I violations) occur. Cash hand-outs are delivered to prospects and families in McDonald's bags, alongside illegal hotel stays and meals.
2021: Tennessee fires Pruitt for cause, cleans out AD Phillip Fulmer, and self-imposes scholarship reductions to blunt NCAA penalties.
2023: The NCAA issues an 8-year show-cause penalty to Pruitt, slaps Tennessee with an $8 million fine, and cites the program for failure to monitor.
2024: Tennessee files a landmark federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA to block investigations into its NIL collective (Spyre Sports Group), resulting in a preliminary injunction that severely weakens NCAA enforcement powers nationwide.
Ole Miss Rebels
Decades of NCAA repeat-offender status spanning multiple coaching staffs and widespread academic fraud.
1986 & 1994: Ole Miss football is hit with major NCAA probations and postseason bans for recruiting cash payments, impermissible cars, and improper benefits.
2013–2016 (The Hugh Freeze Era): Ole Miss football embarks on an elite recruiting run that draws intense NCAA scrutiny, uncovering 15+ Level I violations involving booster cash, free lodgings, and academic fraud.
2016: Women’s basketball and track programs are hit with NCAA sanctions for academic fraud and recruiting misconduct, compounding the ongoing football probe.
2017: Ole Miss receives a formal Notice of Allegations including lack of institutional control. Hugh Freeze resigns after an internal investigation reveals a pattern of calls to escort services on a university-issued cell phone.
2017–2018: The NCAA hands down a 2-year bowl ban, 3 years of probation, and vacates 33 football wins across five seasons.
2020–present: Ole Miss routinely pushes the outer edge of transfer portal rules and NIL regulation, maintaining its historical role as an SEC compliance lighting rod.
Alabama Crimson Tide
A history of heavy NCAA hammer drops, repeat-offender designations, and major win vacated periods prior to Nick Saban's arrival.
1995: The NCAA hits Alabama football with a postseason ban, 3 years probation, and loss of 30 scholarships over textbook and recruiting violations involving Antonio Langham signing with an agent.
2002: The NCAA delivers one of its harshest penalties ever—just short of the "Death Penalty"—on Alabama football. Violations include boosters paying up to $150,000 to recruit prospects (Albert Means scandal). The NCAA explicitly cites lack of institutional control, issuing a 2-year bowl ban and stripping 21 scholarships.
2007: Alabama is placed back on probation after basketball coach Mark Gottfried and staff fail to monitor compliance protocols.
2009: Before completing its 2002 probation recovery, Alabama is hit with major sanctions in the "Textbook Scandal." Athletes across 16 sports improperly used scholarship textbook supply codes for non-athletes. Alabama is forced to vacate 21 football wins from the 2005–2007 seasons and placed on 3 years probation.
Auburn Tigers
Booster coups, multi-sport FBI arrests, and administrative infighting.
1991 & 1993: Former player Eric Ramsey releases secret tape recordings showing Auburn boosters and coaches providing cash and payments. Auburn football receives a 2-year bowl ban, TV ban, and probation for Level I recruiting violations.
2003: "JetGate." Auburn President William Walker and AD David Housel secretly fly a private jet to Louisville to negotiate with Bobby Petrino to replace head coach Tommy Tuberville—while Tuberville is still employed. The fallout leads to the university president's resignation.
2010: The Cam Newton eligibility investigation. Reports emerge that Newton’s father solicited $180,000 from Mississippi State during recruitment. The NCAA rules Newton ineligible, but reinstates him within 24 hours citing a lack of evidence that Cam knew of his father's actions, triggering major national backlash.
2017: Associate head basketball coach Chuck Person is arrested by the FBI in a bribery and corruption sting for taking bribes from financial advisers to steer Auburn players to specific agents.
2021: The NCAA penalizes Auburn basketball with 4 years probation, self-imposed postseason bans, and a 13-game suspension for head coach Bruce Pearl (his second major SEC violation).
2022: A dramatic, multi-week booster-led attempt to fire football coach Bryan Harsin for cause devolves into character assassination leak campaigns before he is eventually bought out for $15 million after just 21 games.
This post was edited on 9/9/26 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:26 pm to Hurricane2020
Okay, but what does that have to do with LSU, the SECs TRO , and the impending vote for expulsion?
Posted on 9/9/26 at 1:39 pm to Nitro Express
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2026 — LSU rehires Will Wade.
The AD announcing the hire? Verge Ausberry.
Why is this an issue? It's legal to pay players now.
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2026 — Wade pursues international pros, an NBA draft pick and players with professional basketball experience.
This is an issue. But Bama did it last year and didn't get this treatment.
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2026 — LSU pushes to add players who signed NFL contracts and went through NFL camps.
So did Ole Miss and their HC admitted that tampering is everywhere when asked about it.
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Sept. 2026 — The SEC sues LSU. Ausberry is a named defendant.
Lack of control by SEC not LSU. SEC can't legally sue LSU anyway. They are an arm of the state. You can't sue states. SEC is basically made up of other arms of states. This is all for show. Its not legal and won't hold up.
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And LSU is still on NCAA probation.
False. It was backdated and ended 3 months after it was handed down.
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