The legal battle between SEC and LSU is getting pretty intense.
According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the conference is exploring different ways to address LSU’s plan to add former NFL players to its team including “extreme measures.”
Those measures reportedly include boycotting competition against the school, probation or even expelling the Tigers from the SEC. The conference is considering filing a federal lawsuit on the issue.
The conversations are reportedly “serious,” and “[t]ensions are high.” The possibility of giving LSU the boot and replacing it with another team is on the table.
LSU will continue to push to add these players as they move through the court system until they receive the final word not to move forward from the SEC.
The SEC, along with the Big Ten, ACC and Big 12, passed a rule that banned professional football players from returning to the collegiate ranks.
Additionally, the SEC’s presidents and chancellors gave commissioner Greg Sankey full power to hand out punishments related to violating the rules, in addition to suspending a head coach for up to half the season and fining a program as much as 50 percent of its operating costs. The final formal vote within the SEC was 15-0, with LSU notably abstaining.
All eyes will be on LSU on Friday, as they must set its final roster for its highly anticipated game against Clemson. If the three former NFL players are on the roster – Dae’Quan Wright, Zxavian Harris and Junior Tuahalamaka – you can expect some serious fireworks within in the conference.
