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Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:05 pm to OleVaught14
Like the kid from UK that is now playing for who... LOLOLOLOL.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:06 pm to SidewalkTiger
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LSU can't have player XYZ because he was a pro but Ole Miss can have Chambliss, even though he's not in good standing with the NCAA, as required by conference rules. Same with Pavia last year.
The difference is neither Chambliss, nor Pavia signed a professional contract to play football.
The NCAA stripped away wins from Alabama because Antonio Langham allegedly signed with an agent on a cocktail napkin on Bourbon Street while drunk after the 1993 Sugar Bowl win over Miami.
Chambliss claimed a medical issue prevented him from receiving an additional year of eligibility that had precedence. You may not agree with the medical issue being claimed, but if he had blown out his knee instead of having tonsillitis then his case would've never gone to court in the first place.
Pavia sued over NIL being unavailable to him while at a Junior College.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:07 pm to houstonearler
Do these same administrators not know that college athletes are paid professionals?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:07 pm to SidewalkTiger
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So what was the point of today's action?
To specifically tell all schools that they shouldn’t pursue guys who have been on pro rosters (in the US only for whatever reason). It’s not just LSU that is affected by this. I’m sure every SEC coach started looking into it.
Saying it is selective enforcement holds no water because the SEC rules and NCAA rules are not synonymous. The SEC has made no comment or ruling about a player who got a TRO for more eligibility, like Chambliss for example. He never signed a pro contract, so he is unaffected by today’s statement. It is not at all selective to say that the conference is against having former pros, even if they just had a cup of coffee in whatever league, competing with amateurs. Honestly, they should do the same for Euro basketball players.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:07 pm to SidewalkTiger
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How do you think the conference will explain enforcement of its rules selectively, especially if there's a lawsuit?
They won’t. The SEC just made a bunch of attorneys a lot more money, though
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:08 pm to houstonearler
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PR to match what Big 10 did. No new rule was needed.
But there is some value in unanimous action by presidents and sec to let coaches know where the line is. In effect defining what conduct detrimental is to league with respect to playing former pros. They gave coaches a bright line.
Do you think that was probably the point or do you think schools actually expected these players to play?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:08 pm to TideSaint
Sure they did. It's called NIL.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:10 pm to geauxcoco
You really need to let your fellow tigers know what LK pulled off because they are melting pretty hard. I wouldn’t put it past the guy to force a change like he did in the past with the fake injury epidemic.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:10 pm to SEC Doctor
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Still makes no sense to me that a guy can play professionally in Europe and come back to college but can't play professionally in the US and return.
I agree. If you play professionally in any country, you should be ineligible to play in the NCAA imo. The Euroleague is a far better league than the G League and kids being allowed to transfer from one of their teams to a college in the states is so dumb.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:11 pm to Easye921
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I agree. If you play professionally in any country, you should be ineligible to play in the NCAA imo. The Euroleague is a far better league than the G League and kids being allowed to transfer from one of their teams to a college in the states is so dumb.
It's just selective enforcement, which it seems the schools were dumb enough to enable.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:14 pm to SidewalkTiger
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I think this move was expected, now comes the part where Lane calls out the conference for selectively enforcing rules and a possible lawsuit.
Alternatively, LSU will came out in support of the rule because they are bitches who do what they're told.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:14 pm to Crimson K
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Saying it is selective enforcement holds no water because the SEC rules and NCAA rules are not synonymous. The SEC has made no comment or ruling about a player who got a TRO for more eligibility, like Chambliss for example.
It's not selective enforcement of the same rule, it's selective enforcement of SEC eligibility rules overall.
The SEC requires players to be in good standing with the NCAA to compete. However, Pavia and Chambliss (and maybe others), aren't/weren't, but that rule doesn't seem to be enforced by the conference.
Apparently, playing a former pro will be (sometimes).
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:15 pm to SidewalkTiger
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It's just selective enforcement
Not trying to be a dick, but it isn’t legally or even definitionally. That would be enforcing against one player/school, but not another. The SEC is equally enforcing this, but only against former pros from the US leagues. Read the statement. That’s the decision they made. It is seems dumb for sure, but they are going to enforce it equally for everyone.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:17 pm to Crimson K
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Not trying to be a dick, but it isn’t legally or even definitionally. That would be enforcing against one player/school, but not another. The SEC is equally enforcing this, but only against former pros from the US leagues. Read the statement. That’s the decision they made. It is seems dumb for sure, but they are going to enforce it equally for everyone.
Good point, they are selectively defining what a professional athlete is.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:22 pm to SidewalkTiger
Your dumbass self had no issues gloating yesterday and just couldn’t understand why allowing former professional players back into college was a bad idea. Astonishingly, 24 hours later all 16 member schools voted to prevent it from happening
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:24 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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So Chambliss is safe and LSU fukt
1. Lane and LSU were already stacked enough to push Ole Miss and everyone’s shite in this year.
2. I am not a lawyer, and I think this is the proper course of action. However, IMO it’s going to be awfully hard for the SEC and the other conferences to defend selective enforcement of eligibility rules in court.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:27 pm to TideSaint
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If they don't like the conference's ruling then they can forfeit their league games
This sucks. I was really looking forward to seeing UT knock the crap out of LSWho in Neyland this year. After the Embarrassment at Baton Rouge i was curious to see how badly heupel would make kiffin look.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:30 pm to Rip Torner
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Your dumbass self had no issues gloating yesterday and just couldn’t understand why allowing former professional players back into college was a bad idea. Astonishingly, 24 hours later all 16 member schools voted to prevent it from happening
I'm sorry you got trolled.
If you read my true beliefs on the matter, I don't believe pros should be back in college and didn't believe these specific players would move the needle much anyway. Kickoff is a week away, they don't even know the rest of the team.
I mean, come on
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:32 pm to WeeWee
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am not a lawyer, and I think this is the proper course of action. However, IMO it’s going to be awfully hard for the SEC and the other conferences to defend selective enforcement of eligibility rules in court.
I am a lawyer. They aren’t making eligibility rules. They are applying their own bylaws to punish schools who play certain classes of players. I’ve read their bylaws. They have all the discretion embedded in the bylaws that LSU agreed to. They don’t have to defend their exercise of discretion. All they have to do is defend whether these bylaws are enforceable or not.
Spoiler — they are. Courts defer to bylaws when it’s a voluntary association. Members agree to them. Their remedy to leave.
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