SEC throwing LSU out of the conference?
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It would be awesome if they did.
Its kind of crazy, but if done , may be devastating (long term) to LSU
I suspect the ACC or Big 12 would bring them in but that would be a significant downgrade from the SEC
I suspect the ACC or Big 12 would bring them in but that would be a significant downgrade from the SEC
With what they've been doing, I am not sure anyone would want them in their conference. You have to be doing some crazy shady stuff to have the SEC consider booting you.
I’d be shocked if this actually happens. Most likely just legal maneuvering.
LSU should be kicked out of the NCAA. They are a football program pretending to be a university.
Adding ex-NFLers to college team kinda proves LSU's "no limits" attitude towards winning over the years. It makes SEC look bad.
Would not be surprised if LSU is negotiating its own TV deal similar to ND behind close doors. I would be doing it if I was the LSU AD. A deal that would cement them at the top of college football for decades.
BTW I hope Kiffin fails miserably after what he did to the kids at Ole Miss last year
BTW I hope Kiffin fails miserably after what he did to the kids at Ole Miss last year
LSU doesn't even have close to the national appeal of ND. They might not even be Texas.
Why exactly would the SEC kick out LSU?
Because they want to play currently NCAA eligible players?
It's not LSU fault the NCAA is a terribly managed organization.
Similar to Sorsby.
Still waiting for any other examples of a conference ruling a player ineligible while they are fully NCAA eligible.
Note - conferences/teams suspending a player or coach under NCAA investigation isn't the same thing. That is suspending them to mitigate future NCAA punishments.
Because they want to play currently NCAA eligible players?
It's not LSU fault the NCAA is a terribly managed organization.
Similar to Sorsby.
Still waiting for any other examples of a conference ruling a player ineligible while they are fully NCAA eligible.
Note - conferences/teams suspending a player or coach under NCAA investigation isn't the same thing. That is suspending them to mitigate future NCAA punishments.
You can do a lot of things in the SEC. The one thing you can't do is throw your middle finger up at the conference itself. Those good ole boys aren't going to take that too kindly.
The amount of revenue a local deal would spin off is miniscule to what they receive currently from SEC payouts. Would regionalize the team completely and neuter their funding. If that's what they are doing, they have the dumbest leadership in all of sports.
You are totally missing the other factors in being a complete independent, that even ND had trouble with.
You need a home for your other sports.
It’s impossible to build a strong Oct-Nov independent schedule when other schools are all playing conference games.
Most bowls sign contracts that make your options for non-playoff bowls very limited.
You aren’t getting the special access to the playoff that ND does.
LSU is one of the schools whose value is most tied to the conference games they play. Their value drops precipitously without SEC football.
It's all about trying to play professionals and thumbing their nose at the conference. Dumb on their part. That's Kiffen though. Loves to be the center of attention and will do anything to keep it that way.
Wait, a school can be kicked out for trying to go to court against the NCAA and/or their conference about who is or isn't eligible to play?
Ya schools definitely shouldn't do that....
www.sportico.com
Ya schools definitely shouldn't do that....
NCAA Trying to Block 24-Year-Old Rutgers Transfer From Playing
Jett Elad has already played four seasons of college football in five years, making him ineligible under the NCAA's five-year eligibility rule.
www.sportico.com
Big difference between going against the NCAA, and going against your conference.Wait, a school can be kicked out for trying to go to court against the NCAA and/or their conference about who is or isn't eligible to play?
Ya schools definitely shouldn't do that....
NCAA Trying to Block 24-Year-Old Rutgers Transfer From Playing
Jett Elad has already played four seasons of college football in five years, making him ineligible under the NCAA's five-year eligibility rule.
Sankey has been mostly a pu$$y and a terrible commish and the B1G has been stealing his lunch money and stuffing his head in a toilet. For once I hope he grows a pair and goes nuclear against the swamp kittens
I thought this too but you know the SEC would ban teams from playing them. If they B1G did the same, they’d have no one to play and that tv deal wouldn’t be worth much.
If true it went well beyond just adding NFL players. Apparently, they not only recruited these players while in NFL camps, but also encouraged and provided help in finding legal representation to sue the NCAA. The venue of said hearing being in Baton Rouge is another sore spot for the conference.
The SEC is claiming Loss of Institution Control. As everyone in the Administration got caught up in the Lane Train and no one was manning the brakes. The last straw for the Conference was Kiffin once again shooting his mouth off at halftime of the Clemson game saying "imagine if we had NFL players". The conference is pissed.
Nevermind hunch. 0% chance they will try or even want to. It’s only PR posturing to scare all teams into following conference rules going forward.
Very unlikely to happen but they could give them other stiff penalties if they choose not to follow the conference rules.
If it ever did happen, I’d guess UNC would be their choice to replace them.
If it ever did happen, I’d guess UNC would be their choice to replace them.
I saw a tweet saying they spoke to an SEC president that said they feel like they have the 11 votes of 16 they need to do it Thursday 
There is precedent, although not much. Temple was kicked out of the Big East for lack of institutional support to their athletic program. And I believe one of the other schools was kicked out of the SEC before (Georgia Tech? Tulane?) or maybe it was a SWC school but someone else has gotten kicked out.
Even the Big Ten threatened publically to kick out Nebraska in 2020 when Neb was going to go by their own rules and play games even when the conference disallowed non-conference games.
A conference is essentially a “club” and if you stick you finger to the other members of the club, guess what, it doesn’t matter how good you are at cards, you’re out
There is precedent, although not much. Temple was kicked out of the Big East for lack of institutional support to their athletic program. And I believe one of the other schools was kicked out of the SEC before (Georgia Tech? Tulane?) or maybe it was a SWC school but someone else has gotten kicked out.
Even the Big Ten threatened publically to kick out Nebraska in 2020 when Neb was going to go by their own rules and play games even when the conference disallowed non-conference games.
A conference is essentially a “club” and if you stick you finger to the other members of the club, guess what, it doesn’t matter how good you are at cards, you’re out
Kiffin is a top of the line d0uche and ahole…sankey could not let this precedent be set…in very subtle ways he could have made lsu suffer…a OPI or DPI call or two here against their big opponents, ooops off sides again…and so on…
We now know that the red line for the SEC is recruiting NFL players.
You’ve got to be joking! Sankey is awful…and in his tenure the big ten has thrived. Sankey is continually leading from behind. He lost the SEC on CBS which was a big deal and tied the conference to be completely beholden to eSPIN.
sankey SUCKS and almost all sec fans dislike what he’s failed to do which is to take what Slive brilliantly did and thrive further.
Two weeks ago, the Big Ten banned former pro football players - from all pro football leagues not just the NFL. The rule includes a six game head coach ban when the coach fields a former pro.
Indiana played a 5-year pro and admitted it but the Big Ten would not enforce its own rule.
This is how vigilante punishments begin to be meted out.
When Petitti refuses to enforce the rule his own conference wrote and pretends not to notice, he invites ugly problems.
Indiana played a 5-year pro and admitted it but the Big Ten would not enforce its own rule.
This is how vigilante punishments begin to be meted out.
When Petitti refuses to enforce the rule his own conference wrote and pretends not to notice, he invites ugly problems.
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