LSU, NFL and SEC
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The SEC evicting LSU from the league would serve as an unprecedented move that will invariably cause ripple effects across the country.
LSU President Wade Rousse wrote a letter to the SEC saying the football team is complying with rules and there's no need to vote on expulsion.
Tensions between the SEC and LSU -- particularly Lane Kiffin and the football program -- continue to rise as the conference launches another courtroom battle. On Thursday, in the midst of the Louisiana eligibility hearing,
The SEC plans to severely discipline any team that breaks its new rule that bans players who signed NFL contracts from the league.
A temporary restraining order prohibits the SEC from enforcing a new rule that threatens stiff penalties for any team that uses a player who previously signed a contract to play in the NFL, NBA or WNBA.
Attorney Tony Clayton, who represents ex-NFL players once bound for LSU, plans on taking legal action against the SEC, Greg Sankey.
The SEC will forbid NFL, NBA and WNBA players from competing for any of the league's schools, the conference announced on Tuesday.
A Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order against the NCAA, the SEC and commissioner Greg Sankey on Thursday, granting more than 40 plaintiffs a fifth year of eligibility to play college sports in the first major court ruling against an individual conference.