The soap opera that has been LSU’s back-and-forth with the Southeastern Conference over potentially putting former NFL players on its roster has reached a boiling point.
The SEC on Tuesday filed an amendment to a previously filed federal lawsuit against LSU, head football coach Lane Kiffin and other university officials, seeking “the authority to expel LSU from the league,” according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Thamel wrote that the SEC “is not expected to take such action,” but a statement released minutes later by the SEC indicated otherwise.
“Today, the Southeastern Conference, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, filed a request for a temporary restraining order in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama to protect the right of the Conference and its member institutions to govern themselves,” the league said.
“The SEC and its member universities have the right to establish, through agreed-upon governance procedures, the rules under which they voluntarily compete and to expect those rules to be followed. A commitment to those rules, and to the core principles of the Southeastern Conference, is an essential element of SEC membership. Today’s filing is necessary to defend that right and preserve the Conference’s ability to govern competition among its members.”
Could LSU be kicked out of the SEC?
Per Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, the SEC also scheduled a Sept. 10 meeting to determine “whether to terminate” LSU as a member of the conference.