re: So after all that, LSU rostered NOBODY against SEC rules

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It's interesting that the conference picks and chooses which eligibility rules it wants to enforce.

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Or which legal decision they agree with.

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Or which legal decision they agree with.

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Which is why they'll never be viewed as a responsible governing body by the courts.

They're selectively enforcing their own rules and creating other rules, when they feel like it.

And then suing a member institution to "gain" power that they already had in the first place. The lawsuit is completely pointless and accomplishes nothing.

No rules actually being broken makes it even worse.

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That's because LSU bent the knee and kissed Sankey's ring.

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No, they didn’t. They told him to shove it

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Then why are there a bunch of players with pro experience currently on rosters other than LSU's and it's no issue?

Again, this was done after the fact and only LSU's players were singled out. 70 lawsuits with over 400 athletes were made eligible. But, the two that LSU wanted were somehow different. It was bullshite then. It's bullshite now and it will always be bullshite no matter how anyone tries to spin it. Sankey got his arse handed to him in Louisiana court and now he is lashing out. He may actually be less mature than Kiffin.

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Do you mean only in the SEC?

When it comes to basketball, I don't know. I don't watch that sport, I'm not familiar with it. I know it's a world wide sport, I have a friend who lives in Spain who loves the shite. I know they have a bunch of different leagues etc. So when you start getting into all these different things about G league or whatever, I don't know shite about it. Seems to me Alabama should have been punished for the basketball stuff last year.

As far as football and the stuff back in August goes, I just saw LSU backing the SEC into a corner and the lawsuit was the SEC's last resort. If LSU rosters those players, it would open the door for much more.

In the end, the best case for LSU seems to be pretending it never happened to begin with. They didn't get the pro players, and maybe they can get out without punishment etc.

LSU is a bad member of the SEC. Kick them out.

Rodo

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False that it has always been a rule that you can't have pro players in the SEC.

"No, the SEC and the NCAA have not always had a blanket rule that bars all professional players across sports like soccer, tennis, and track and field. In fact, college athletics eligibility has historically handled "olympic" and individual sports very differently from major revenue sports like football and basketball"

The idea of a strict, unyielding conference ban is a very recent development. In August 2026, the SEC (alongside the Big Ten and other Power Four conferences) passed an emergency, strict eligibility policy. This rules change was a specific, defensive response to a wave of legal rulings that allowed former college players who went to the NFL, NBA, or WNBA to try to return to college for a fifth year of eligibility.

However, even this strict rule was narrowly tailored: the SEC's August 2026 mandate explicitly targets football and basketball players who declared for the draft, signed contracts, or appeared on professional rosters (specifically the NFL, NBA, G-League, or WNBA)"

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NCAA Bylaw 12.1.1

Amateur Status. An individual loses amateur status and thus shall not be eligible for intercollegiate competition in a particular sport if the individual:

(a) Uses his or her athletics skill (directly or indirectly) for pay in any form in that sport;

(b) Accepts a promise of pay even if such pay is to be received following completion of intercollegiate athletics participation;

(c) Signs a contract or commitment of any kind to play professional athletics, regardless of its legal enforceability or any consideration received;

(d) Receives, directly or indirectly, a salary, reimbursement of expenses or any other form of financial assistance from a professional sports organization based upon athletics skill or participation, except as permitted by NCAA rules and regulations;

(e) Competes on any professional athletics team (per Bylaw 12.02.4), even if no pay or remuneration for expenses was received;

(f) Subsequent to initial full-time collegiate enrollment, enters into a professional draft (see also Bylaw 12.2.4.2.1); or

(g) Enters into an agreement with an agent.

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NCAA Bylaw 12.1.1

Amateur Status.

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Neither the NCAA lawyers nor the SEC lawyers have been able to define what what makes a player a professional or an amateur. They can't even define it themselves and they are trying to enforce it.