SEC Schedules Vote to Expel LSU Over Pro Players — SkimNews
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- SEC filed an amended complaint on Tuesday scheduling a Thursday vote of conference presidents on whether to expel LSU under Section 3.1.5 of the SEC Constitution, though the league is not expected to actually terminate LSU's membership
- Lane Kiffin told an ABC sideline reporter 'Imagine if we had pro players' after No. 10 LSU's 51-10 win over Clemson on Saturday; the SEC cited those comments as confirming 'the lack of institutional control over the athletics program at LSU'
- Every SEC school except LSU agreed Commissioner Greg Sankey could impose penalties for fielding former pros, including suspending the head coach for half the regular season and fining a school an amount equal to half its annual operating budget — tens of millions of dollars
- A Baton Rouge state judge ruled the SEC could not enforce its new pro-player rules or penalize LSU; the league then filed a federal suit seeking an injunction and added Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill as a defendant
- Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris signed NFL contracts this summer before trying to return to LSU — Wright was waived by the Cleveland Browns, Harris by the New Orleans Saints — and argue changing eligibility rules after they turned pro should not count against them
- The SEC is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent LSU officials from 'any action to block or interfere' with Thursday's scheduled presidential vote
Why it matters: With LSU standing alone against all 15 other SEC members, expulsion would require a two-thirds vote — unlikely but legally untested — and the real prize is a federal ruling on whether the conference can enforce its own eligibility rules against a defiant member institution.
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