re: The SEC Should Seriously Consider Kicking LSU Out

Yes. Conferences can and do have their own rules in addition to NCAA rules. That's the entire point of conference governance. The NCAA establishes broader eligibility standards, while individual conferences can impose additional requirements, subject to applicable law.

And nobody is denying Alabama played Bediako for five games under a temporary court order. When that order was lifted, Alabama stopped playing him. LSU didn't play the disputed players, and I've never claimed otherwise.

But you're still confusing the underlying eligibility controversy with the SEC's authority to govern its membership. They're related issues but they aren't identical legal questions.

You can argue the SEC applied its rules inconsistently. That's a legitimate argument that requires evidence. But insisting all conferences must have identical rules simply because they compete in the NCAA shows you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how college athletics is organized.

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If Alabama were challenging the SEC's authority in federal court

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You have stated this a few times. Show us where LSU is challenging the SEC's authority in federal court.

They are not. In fact they have agreed that the SEC has the authority to enforce its rules when LSU responded in court to the lawsuit.

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Whether LSU's conduct constitutes grounds for expulsion under the SEC's governing documents

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It most certainly does not.

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nobody has established that LSU is immune from consequences simply because it ultimately complied.

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Factually incorrect

You know your team sucks when you have nothing to discuss but petty legal stuff.

My post:

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1. Harris and Wright win TROs.
2. TRO becomes injunction, SEC loses appeal in 1st circuit
3. SEC doesn’t even vote to punish LSU, much less expel
4. Federal lawsuit delayed, motion to dismiss in process
5. Harris and Wright + 40 Pyburn plaintiffs file contempt motion against the SEC and Sankey — pending failure of the federal suit

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Your post:

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You claimed shite like the lawsuit being delayed after LSU complied as you being right.

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Seems a bit reductive. Dare I say dishonest?

Definitely make sure you avoid that lil ole contempt motion… LSU fans only been calling that from the day of the injunction hearing / federal suit.

Yup… we haven’t been right about anything

Meanwhile you’re ignoring evidence of the conference being “arbitrary and capricious” with enforcement of its new rule because you “don’t care about basketball”.

Brilliant stuff man, keep up the good fight.

Ok, that's funny

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I think the lawsuit gets dismissed as LSU has stated in its rebuttal that the SEC has the authority to enforce its rules. Not sure how a court would keep it going forward if the primary reason for the lawsuit is not disputed by the defendant.

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This is the funniest part. Anyone who's practiced law for like a day understands that this lawsuit is going nowhere as there is really no controversy. The Plaintiffs want a court order saying they can kick out a member and said member has stated over and over and over that the conferences authority to do so is not in question. Fed courts don't waste their time with that level of petty bullshite

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1. LSU gets in line, takes the penalties, it gets established that the SEC has the right to enforce it's standards and everyone moves on.

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So you know, the SEC is not requesting penalties in conjunction with this case. So, that won't be a direct result. You should have known this, but since you didn't, I wanted to point out that your #1 was impossible.

Also, LSU isn't going to accept penalties. It isn't going to publicly acknowledge wrongdoing. You MIGHT get a mutual statement from LSU and the SEC that this is being put behind them. That will be an indicator that the SEC has no more cards to play.

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2. LSU gets kicked out of the conference.

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Good luck with that. It's not going to happen. The votes aren't there. And, it hurts the SEC to try.

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3. The SEC disbands and reforms outside the NCAA as a separate entity without LSU removing the chains given to the NCAA. That start they will likely play each other or maybe some games with other college teams if allowed as normal, while other conferences follow suit. The playoff committee being a separate entity is able to include both the NCAA and the SEC at the end of the year.

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It's pure fantasy to think LSU won't be a part of a Super Conference. Who do you think the entity would be that would prevent LSU from being a part of it?

None of your 3 will happen.

What will probably happen is this:

The Federal Case will be dismissed with no review of merits. The jurisdictional problems and/or the lack of request for relief will get it thrown out.

The SEC will either lay low to avoid further embarrassment, or there will be some very minimal press release from LSU and the SEC to confirm that this event is behind them.

The SEC will be sued by the Lousiana plaintiffs. LSU may also be sued. The SEC will lose and/or settle with those players.

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BINGO!

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You're still treating the absence of a proven eligibility violation as the end of the discussion. It isn't. Whether LSU actually violated an eligibility rule and whether its conduct raises legitimate concerns under the SEC's membership agreements are separate questions.

The SEC would still have to establish grounds for any disciplinary action. That's been my argument all along. You haven't caught me in a contradiction. You've simply returned to the same distinction I've been explaining throughout this thread.