re: SEC Must Do What Judges Are Too Stupid To Do

They can’t prevent the player from playing but they can absolutely rule that lsu forfeits the game for playing ineligible players.

And the playoff committee can leave a team like LSU out if it’s between another team with the same record which many teams in the sec will have.

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Not quite, the TRO ordered a transfer window and the NCAA could not prevent anything. It did not appear to overturn any conference specific rules.

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The judge granted relief. The relief included no transfer restrictions. Why do you think LSU is signing these players. Do you think LSU is hoping the SEC is going to grant a waiver?

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The relief included no transfer restrictions.

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The relief included:

All players must be entered into the transfer portal without delay.

A 1 week transfer portal.

A block on ghost transfer penalties.

The NCAA, and those acting under NCAA rules, cannot do anything to prevent the transfer.

The SEC would not be acting under NCAA rules. They would be acting under SEC rules.

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The judge granted relief. The relief included no transfer restrictions. Why do you think LSU is signing these players. Do you think LSU is hoping the SEC is going to grant a waiver?

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A TRO is temporary relief, not permanent relief.

I think LSU is either hoping for an outcome like Alabama got in basketball, or, that they'll win on the merits, or, if they lose, by the time its over the season will be over and the whole thing will be moot,

Those are all outcomes that could happen. But it's a high stakes gamble, particularly if things don't go their way. The NCAA hasn't totally lost on these lately. They recently won in Ohio and Nebraska.

The conference can make its rules on anything. And conference rules have generally been upheld by the court system.

And TT knew that with Sorsby. So, they paid him and cut him loose.

The ruling only applied to the NCAA and to the SEC in so far as players being eligible, it did not however enjoin the SEC with respect to its own bylaws but only as so far as their participation in the NCAA.

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the NCAA fumbled things as usual.

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Im tired of them being blamed when judges ruined everything by stopping them from enforcing rules.

This post reeks of a Tulane Greenie fan

Lane is Mr. Distraction. LSU fans will get tired of it eventually. Going to be interesting watching them turn on him.

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For all the faults of the old system, it seems like those that were in charge for the past hundred plus years understood the basic reasons why turning amateur athletics into a bunch semi pro sports leagues was a horrible idea, (and yes schools still cheated).. now it exists in an environment where no basic rules can exist because you constantly have current and former players running to the courts to blow up whatever rule of eligibility is standing in their way. Never mind a 130+ years of precedent that says your eligibility is exhausted the moment you turn pro.

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The problem with the NCAA was that it wasn't a rules-based order, really. In reality it was an economic cartel that was designed to select winners and losers and then rigidly enforce that economic order. It was a classic market fixing scheme held in place by selective enforcement. It was never going to hold up to legal scrutiny. It just took a while for the right plaintiffs to come along. The colleges had already freed themselves from the market fixing scheme back in the early 80s with NCAA v. University of Oklahoma. It was just a matter of time before the players did the same. The NCAA literally had years to see this coming and take action, but dug in their heels and engaged in magical thinking. Seesm like that sort of thing is endemic among leaders of that generation.