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SEC files suit vs. LSU over school's intent to play pro athletes​

The SEC sued LSU in U.S. District Court in Alabama on Thursday, alleging the university is violating the league's First Amendment right of expressive association by ignoring SEC rules that prohibit signing and playing former NFL players.

The lawsuit, which also names the LSU board of supervisors, LSU president Wade Rousse, athletics director Verge Ausberry and football coach Lane Kiffin as defendants, was filed while SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and others testified during a separate injunction hearing in a state court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

During Sankey's testimony in the state court hearing, one of the plaintiff's attorneys brought up the newly filed federal lawsuit. The revelation sent a buzz through the packed courtroom, as few people were aware of the new development until it was mentioned.

The lawsuit was filed just after midnight on Thursday morning, not during the hearing.

"The SEC has endured and thrived for nearly a century because its members have adhered to that common set of rules, which each member institution, and every coach at those institutions, has agreed to follow," the SEC's federal lawsuit said. "Among the most fundamental of those rules are the longstanding provisions that prohibit individuals who have entered a professional draft, signed professional contracts, or been rostered on a professional athletics team from returning to compete in college athletics (the "Professionalism Rules").

"These rules are built upon an essential principle: college athletics is reserved for students who are actively pursuing an education while competing for their universities. The Professionalism Rules preserve competitive fairness, protect opportunities for high school students and current college athletes, and maintain the distinction between college and professional sports."

The SEC is asking the federal court for a preliminary and permanent injunction "prohibiting the defendants from violating the conference's First Amendment rights by compelling the conference to associate with conduct that is contrary to the Conference's purpose and mission," and a preliminary and permanent injunction "barring Defendants from seeking to deter, coerce, prevent, or punish the Conference for exercising its First Amendment rights."

The lawsuit said the distinction between playing amateur and professional athletes is "critical" to the SEC's structure and governance.

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Honor&Glory said:

UMass taking a knee with a 17 point lead at halftime is some funny shit

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They threw the ball from the shadow of their own endzone to start the drive instead of just running the half out from the start.

DubCoffman62 said:

But they gonna ride like the wind

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Think of Lara….

SEREbuckeye said:

Field is looking amazing. Pretty cool to bring the heritage stripes into the end zone.

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Love the gray stripes in the end zone. Whoever thought of that should get a raise!

OH

Jagdaddy said:

Insert Iraqi propaganda guy meme here …

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No, it's legit. I saw it on the news

Best Oline in the country. I think them getting their asses kicked in our last two games really lit a fire under them as a they're going to kill it this year

OregonBuckeye said:

Nobody jump on him!

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Ahh fuck. Still too soon

I'm not saying Coach K is a great guy, but he's probably the wrong guy to help Kyle Singler to get through his personal problems. I wouldn't be surprised if Singler has made a number of pleas to Coach K for help & may be trying to manipulate people.

BuckBackHome said:

Will he be using former Georgia football players to drive him?

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SEC speed. It just means more!

brodybuck21 said:

either good news for OSU or Penn St

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Poor Fredo

Tanner said:

Wow. I actually forgot how many great players wore #2

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soooo many

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

Couldn’t find a wake forest program thread in the search function and definitely was not going to go page by page to find one, so just posting this here

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Christ that's brutal to read.....

Jaxbuck said:

"Let me tell you a story about a man named Jed...."

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Lmao, you beat me to it!

RB07OSU said:

Well that's a hard no thanks

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right?

brodybuck21 said:

11W Forums

305Buck 16 hours ago
Tahj Gray told a Notre Dame reporter that Ohio State is the only school he’s visiting this fall.

BaltimoreBuck 15 hours ago
Notre Dame guy trying to sell his fandumb that that is the only saturday available for Tahj to get to a gameday, but that Notre Dame is still in it. In a different interview earlier Tahj mentioned he would like to commit right after his junior season is over, if he commits by end of year I do not see him being able to visit Notre Dame. All signs point to TOSU.

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Well that's good news. NJ player from a catholic school means ND is at least going to be on the list. I like where we're at here though, huge target still out there.

Badass and one of a kind. All Buckeye

Zurp said:

Why do they have 2 DB's on 1 WR and 2 DB's on 3 WR's?

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they using Bo Pelini’s 2020 defensive playbook.

"I am going to go get my gun and shoot you" seems, to me, like one of those escalation phrases that are really tough to come back down from.