cardboardboxer

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Haven't seen one post from you about it

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You are literally quoting a post I made about it.

This is a football forum not a sexual predator forum.

If yall managed PR better, maybe backed off the NFL players right before the lawsuits came with a note that you just wanted to highlight what Bama did, then maybe that is what people would have taken out of this mess.

Instead everyone is taking away the point that LSU isn't a good conference partner.

Optics matter

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Id be more worried about the children your university exect molested

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I am worried about those children, I hope that guy never sees daylight again.

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Shades of russian collusion

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That is only a thing because Russia has weak institutions to prevent it.

This sort of problem is why you want strong conferences, why you want strong institutions when you are under their enforcement.

Personally I would hate to see the SEC go after LSU with the refs as punishment. I like strong institutions, I don't want to live in a Russia.

But I will be 0% surprised if by the end of the year yall aren't upset about a half dozen calls that didn't go your way that held back yall's season.

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That would be the end of the SEC. Too much money on the line to do that.

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LSU has already pushed the SEC so far everyone is reviewing what it takes to kick out a program.

Is an off the books effort to frick over LSU with ref calls really the straw that will break the camel's back?

Seems like thanks to yall we are way past that point. Troy is burning already.

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And actual laws. You know people could go to jail for doing such, correct?

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If its all done over the phone and never in text there is no evidence to inform a court case.

Hell make Vandy run this "frick LSU" program and even freedom of information requests won't work even if there is anything in writing.

So many crazy posts about lawsuits and kicking LSU out. Its all stupid. Its not leading anywhere. I completely agree with LSU fans that all of the court stuff is blowing over without any official punishments.

But LSU wants it cake and wants to eat it too. LSU's coach has poked at the institutions of this sport, has tried to find every advantage that is within the rules which is his right. But in doing so it has angered institutions that can determine his fate in football.

If you have seen the movie The Odyssey (you should its awesome) you will know the main point is once you start ripping at institutions you often find yourself in the fallout.

LSU has pissed off the SEC because they were pushing boundaries the SEC didn't want pushed. But now LSU is about to play a season of football where it is COUNTING on the SEC to keep institutional integrity or a very expensive bet on a new coach might not work out.

Why wouldn't the SEC tell its refs to go after the SEC? To let opposing teams hold but call them on holding? To give every questionable call to the other team? To rig all of the judgement calls SEC employees have to make dozens of times on each Saturday to never be in LSU's favor as an off the books punishment for everything that has happened?

The only thing preventing the SEC from doing this is its own integrity which LSU has directly questioned. Why should LSU be given a chance to benefit from integrity it hasn't respected off the field?

Or as the organized crime that used to run NOLA would put it: "how the frick did LSU think swinging a club around wouldn't end up with their own knees broken?"

Bama is a top brand in the whole sport.

LSU Judges:

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You, like everyone else, believe that LSU was the only team doing this.

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Ok this is getting close to progress. Just answer the question:

Why was LSU getting most of the heat if many SEC programs planned to play with players just made ineligible?

The answer is my point.

Soon as the SEC rule comes across all of a sudden these LSU fans want to fight the SEC or push back on a decision their own president voted for just to get some depth players in football.

Would have been so easy to say:

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”You are welcome SEC fans that Lane pushed the issue like he did with faked injuries and now we have a rule against it rather than us riding into the season with uncertainty. We all know this is the best for the sport.”

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But instead they want to fight.

As a native Louisianan it think it’s the local culture. Some people there run around with a chip on their shoulder looking for a reason to fight. Makes for good soldiers but terrible message board banter.