The conference is still seething over LSU’s attempt to sign NFL castoffs.
The Southeastern Conference is refusing to back down in its case to keep “ineligible” college athletes from playing second tier professional football or basketball. The SEC decided to sue Louisiana State University because that school wanted to use National Football League castoffs who still had one year of eligibility to play college football. The SEC claimed its lawsuit against LSU was still valid because LSU appeared to continue to attempt to roster former pros on its men’s basketball program. The SEC also wants a court to answer the question of whether a conference has the legal right to enforce sanctions against a member school which would include tossing a school out of the conference. The SEC wanted to kick out LSU when the football program signed a couple of NFL castoffs.
The SEC’s lawyers had another problem that they want the court to address. “What Defendants do not say in their brief, much less through any sworn affidavit or declaration, is that they will refrain from interfering with the SEC’s exercise of its undisputed right to terminate LSU’s membership in the Conference. Indeed, they suggest the opposite, insisting that termination ‘is not and was never warranted.’” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a motion to dismiss. “LSU has broken no rules, and the case is moot. The lawsuit was garbage from the start and should be dismissed.” Meanwhile the SEC cannot be happy with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and it is a good thing that the SEC has no Ohio members. Mike DeWine signed Executive Order 2026-04D to allow public and private colleges and universities in Ohio the option to give a fifth year of athletic eligibility to student-athletes from the high school class of 2022. That’s the issue that started the SEC’s problem.
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