Crowknowsbest

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The SEC should've come out during the offseason (after the Bediako mess) and stated that they are now being tasked with eligibility enforcement within the conference due to the vacuum left by the NCAA, and will be penalizing anyone who violates 14.01.1, by playing an NCAA ineligible player, appropriately going forward.

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I agree with this, but someone was always going to feel singled out given how constant the TRO hearings are these days.

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You can't argue that you need the power to enforce your rules, when you can't even enforce your rules fairly.

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The SEC would argue, reasonably imo, that fair enforcement of eligibility rules is a new obligation on their plate, and it’s too early to judge whether they can do so fairly or not.

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look at little old Ole Miss and their 38 year old qb

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I’m not arguing in favor of OM. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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Basically, the rest of the SEC is worried that the state of Louisiana is going all in on LSU winning.

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If that includes all the judges, that worry would be pretty reasonable, competitively.

Georgia would never have that kind of lockstep commitment, for example.

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Since the 5 for 5 thing is now in place I don't think we're going to see this shitstorm again. I could be very wrong though and don't really know the deatils, that's just what I think is the very big picture situation

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Someone will challenge the 5for5 thing soon.

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Maybe at least wait until they break rules before trying to punish them.

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No one has been punished yet.

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Not the only thing that makes you ineligible.

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It’s the only thing that the SEC has released conference-specific eligibility rules on, isn’t it?

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That would be another instance of selective enforcement

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So because they failed to act previously, they are supposed to just continue to fail to act forever?

ETA: let’s say the SEC let these would-be LSU players play, and then UGA rounded up a few boosters to pay Jalen Carter and Matt Stafford $50m apiece to play for UGA this season, at which point the SEC tried to stop UGA from doing so. Would you still be anti SEC due to “selective enforcement”?

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So because a journalist says it happened, that’s your proof?

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I am not privy to LSU coaches’ cell phone records, so I work with what’s available.

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Remember what I keep telling you about selective enforcement?

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I am in favor of any school that violates these rules being punished accordingly.

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Except it is. The NCAA said those players were ineligible and the restraining order said they can play anyway. The SEC chose to accept that and allow them to be rostered, except for certain players. Their TRO doesn’t count.

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Did they accept it, or are the just expecting the ruling on the LSU case already in progress to set precedent?

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LSU hasnt challenged anyone in court. LSU was enjoined as a defendant by the players in their lawsuit.

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Isn’t it pretty widely reported that LSU coaches encouraged the players to challenge the NCAA eligibility rules? At best, that’s reckless on LSU’s part.

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They already have been granted an exception to their rule. What do you think TRO stands for?

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A TRO is not granted by the SEC. Have any of those guys played? I admittedly haven’t been following minute to minute.

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I’ll go ahead and mark you down as another who believes LSU encouraged a lawsuit against itself.

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If they encouraged NFL players to challenge the NCAA, they at least put themselves at risk to legal response.

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They’re already trying to retroactively punish LSU. So, again, it’s another issue of selective enforcement.

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No enforcement has happened at all, for one thing, but is it also not entirely possible that this was just the straw that broke the camel’s back? Forget Lane Kiffin. LSU’s basketball program is staking their entire roster construction strategy on former pros.

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So we just roll with what we have and give power to people who’ve proven they don’t deserve it and can’t properly manage it?

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Yes, if the alternative is giving coaches free reign to sign a bunch of 26 year old pro washouts.