re: Who Blinked?

It's just LSU

I believe it was always a "created" controversy to get Congress to pass that legislation. And, Kiffin is the lightening rod in college football so his involvement guarantees media interest and Congressional interest.

No one blinked. You bent the knee. Two times.

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You haven’t seen the letter from your president?

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The one that showed that LSU was in compliance with the SEC a full 4 days before Sankey amended the suit to include LOIC??

Wonder of all the SEC presidents on board with Sankey knew LSU had already complied or if he kept that from them.

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Is LSU playing those players they wanted to play?

Welp

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It's not just that. It was a collective meltdown on here, among LSU alums, among LSU writers and ambassadors. Some angry, many just pleading the case. Followed by the letter to the SEC which was probably the orchestrated pound of flesh. LSU got gut checked and folded.

Personally, I don't think the SEC would have kicked out LSU regardless, not yet at least, but I think it was a pretty masterclass bluff that served the intended purpose.

To be more specific, it was sort of Trump-like (and I'm not saying this to blow smoke in favor of Trump). What I mean is that world leaders regularly know Trump is bluffing, or highly suspect it, but there is that little tinge of "this is moving too fast and is too unpredictable" such that they have to take it seriously even though they'd wager a big bet against the worst outcome. I think that's what happened here, too.

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You guys keep lecturing everyone that y’all are the smartest people in the world.

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Just trying to educate you on how much of a **** you are really

SEC has double standards and pulled out of their "MUH FEDERAL CASE"

someone told sankey maybe it isnt smart for him to hop on the stand again to let everyone know he isnt familiar with 5for5 and can't define what a professional is

Call the vote.

This is not hard to figure out. What was LSU's desired outcome? To have the ability to add ex-NFL players to their team. Did they ultimately get that? No. What was the SEC's desired outcome? For LSU to adhere to conference rules. Did they get that? Yes. You tell me who won.

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"The consensus ... was and continues to be that LSU's continued membership in the conference would be inconsistent with the publicly stated values and principles of the conference and its remaining member institutions" even if LSU doesn't put the former NFL players on its roster,"

So I'd say the league did.

All stakeholders involved.