[Wallace] Breaking: Judge William Jorden officially grants plaintiffs a preliminary injunction in Louisiana case involving NCAA, and SEC. The athletes are free to be rostered by schools. LSU has been enjoined in the case, protecting them, based on named defendants (SEC)

[u/whatifevery1wascalm]

https://x.com/TreyWallace/status/2095680102793170969

[u/StoicFable]

Rutgers is losing to UMass to distract from this.

[u/jimtow28 → u/StoicFable]

You're welcome, everyone!

sobs

[u/Tionboom → u/StoicFable]

CFB is back baby! LFG

[u/HatefulWretch → u/StoicFable]

It's educational!

[u/VolatileFan]

This gonna get ugly

[u/Motiv8-2-Gr8 → u/VolatileFan]

I really hope so. The world is a mess so let the politicians make this their focus. It’s best for their people

[u/lookieherehere → u/Motiv8-2-Gr8]

Please find some way to make this the best opening weekend of football since Michigan/App St.

[u/moffattron9000 → u/lookieherehere]

UMass: Are you not entertained?

[u/DJ_Blakka → u/Motiv8-2-Gr8]

The more distracted they are the less they can focus on dismantling the country

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/VolatileFan]

College Gameday signs in 2026 go brrrrrr

[u/NSNick → u/Weenage-Tasteland]

If things keep going like they are, College Gameday is going to do their broadcast from a courthouse sometime this season

[u/Dr_Neauxp → u/VolatileFan]

“Gonna get”

I guess it depends on where your bar for ugly is

[u/VolatileFan → u/Dr_Neauxp]

it’s gonna get so much worse

[u/Dr_Neauxp → u/VolatileFan]

Thousand yard stare

I just want to watch cfb

[u/Budget_Ad5888 → u/VolatileFan]

Off-season nonsense coming for in season nonsense

[u/Aidanj927]

Balls in your court SEC

[u/lock_robster2022 → u/Aidanj927]

I like to think they understood how the hearing would go as soon as it started, hence filing the motion in Federal Court an hour into the hearing.

[u/LasixSteroidsAbx → u/Aidanj927]

They filed the federal lawsuit last night at midnight. Got process and posted this AM.

[u/Ray_Ipsaloquitur → u/Aidanj927]

They already filed suit against LSU and Kiffin today. It will be such a dumb move for LSU to put these kids on the roster with the potential of another court allowing penalties against the school.

[u/tangential_quip → u/Ray_Ipsaloquitur]

Sigh...no it won't. The federal court will not find that LSU broke a rule when they are following a lawful court order.

[u/FSUNolesWarchant → u/tangential_quip]

It will be interesting to watch unfold at the federal level. All state schools possess sovereign immunity thanks to the 11th Amendment - so already a promising foothold for 14 of the remaining teams who wish to contest. Additionally, a state judge in Louisiana is going to struggle to enforce any order outside of state jurisdiction - and with the SEC office one state over - good luck in their efforts.

Since the SEC is a voluntary association of members with the ability to exercise rights as a collective, the rights of the collective members would have protection under the 1st Amendment via freedom of speech clause.

This gives the SEC members the ability to disassociate itself from LSU at will - as the state institutions minus Vanderbilt already possess sovereign immunity at many levels and no forcible coercion can be used to control a freedom of speech related boycott by those institutions. In the end, no state or federal level judge will be able to block this if the conference wishes to move to this level of recourse. The SEC could effectively remove LSU via a boycott.

[u/MartianMule → u/Ray_Ipsaloquitur]

I have a hard time imagining any judge allowing the SEC to punish LSU for what a judge said they could do. If the SEC won their case, LSU wouldn't be able to continue to roster them, but there's no way a judge is going to allow them to be retroactively punished.

[u/dbarke29 → u/Aidanj927]

Sankey gonna smoke a yute

[u/lalavieboheme → u/Aidanj927]

apostrophes matter, people

the lesson two days ago was on Oxford commas

[u/moffattron9000 → u/Aidanj927]

This is somehow going to result in LSU and, let's say, A&M in the B1G. I am here for such comedy.

[u/FightingFarrier18 → u/moffattron9000]

No thank you

[u/Reefrum → u/FightingFarrier18]

Agreed. No thank you

[u/Jonjon428]

All this for a 3rd string TE

[u/RulersBack → u/Jonjon428]

This is a much bigger deal for the basketball program

[u/TheWawa_24 → u/RulersBack]

lsu has only 4 player on their roster rn

https://lsusports.net/sports/mb/roster

[u/nnhumn → u/TheWawa_24]

more coaches than players lol

[u/Lucky-Access-121 → u/TheWawa_24]

officially but there are other players who are coming not involved in the suit

[u/michigan_matt → u/TheWawa_24]

Harder to pull a Kim Mulkey gaffe with only a quarter as many players

[u/Artvandelay29 → u/RulersBack]

The Kim Mulkey deal where she was going to end the Ukraine/Russia war?

[u/jwfowler2 → u/RulersBack]

Robert Horry come on down

[u/FatMamaJuJu → u/RulersBack]

Fuck Will Wade

[u/MidlandsBraves → u/Jonjon428]

Tbf he’d be the 2nd TE and a starter on a ton of teams. Dude had 650 yards and 5 TDs for Mississippi last year.

[u/ALittlejohnJ → u/Jonjon428]

You know good and damn well this wasn’t about that tight end. He was the guinea pig for them to be able to pull other players that they’ve already talked to. You know they have this set up so they can load their roster up with other former college players—soon to be current college players—again.

[u/suzukigun4life]

College football is such a mess goddamn

[u/BIRDSBEEZ → u/suzukigun4life]

To me this is 100x worse than anything transfer portal/NIL related

[u/Frosty7130 → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

Anyone with a brain knew this was coming too, but they were shouted down.

[u/CompetitiveLocal9517 → u/Frosty7130]

Knew what was coming? That the ncaa would fuck up their new eligibility rule timing?

[u/Frosty7130 → u/CompetitiveLocal9517]

There's zero fuckup to the timing, these athletes just didn't like it. Rules change after guys graduate all the time, tough shit.

There's got to be a cutoff somewhere.

The class of 2022 exhausted their eligibility under the rules they played and graduated under. Same thing happened to the class of 2021 who didn't play under COVID exemptions, and the classes before 2018 with the previous redshirt rules.

I don't get to go to the store to get a price change on the food I bought last week because they have new deals this week.

[u/FoundTheShithead → u/Frosty7130]

Exactly. This is all the exact same energy as the kid who cries to get a gift at someone else's birthday party.

[u/LasixSteroidsAbx → u/Frosty7130]

THank you. THere is no good time. Rules change and thats life.

[u/ballcouzzi → u/Frosty7130]

You can at Costco. But that's an exception to the rule

[u/Poopedinbed → u/ballcouzzi]

I was gonna say sam's club hooks it up too

[u/MartianMule → u/CompetitiveLocal9517]

If they include these players from the start or wait until like December, it's not really an issue.

[u/_Vatican_Cameos → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

Remember when we just complained about the BCS… didn’t know how good we had it and that it’d all be downhill from there.

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

The transfer portal can be fixed if someone would actually care to reestablish a new version of the old transfer rules

[u/skinnywolfe → u/Weenage-Tasteland]

Bring back the rule where you have to sit out a year if you transfer

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/skinnywolfe]

First transfer free.

Second transfer you’re not playoff or bowl eligible as a player.

Third year you sit.

[u/TJFLASH1 → u/suzukigun4life]

It isn’t just college football, these lawsuits include hundreds of players across various sports

[u/Chessh2036]

“Judge protects LSU from any future penalties as it relates to the named individuals in this case.

Judge grants ruling to allow the players to resume their playing careers” - Michael Cauble on Twitter.

So can LSU not be punished at all? I’m confused

[u/throwerofways → u/Chessh2036]

LSU can't be punished for about 12 hours until tomorrow morning when the federal case the SEC filed starts and takes precedent over this state ruling

[u/SituationSoap → u/throwerofways]

People here are stupidly over confident about what that SEC case is going to do.

Hint: nothing. It's gonna do nothing. They aren't filing some kind of counter suit. That's not what this is.

[u/Accurate-Big-7233 → u/throwerofways]

Why are we doing this man

[u/LoquaciousTheBorg → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

This is just what happens when you take a ride on the Lane Train!

warning: Lane Train frequently goes off tracks before safely crashing into sorority houses and/or hot yoga studios

[u/AmnFucker → u/throwerofways]

This!

[u/NYG6666 → u/Chessh2036]

I mean absolute worst case the SEC could have the refs rig the games against LSU anyway they can. Phantom holds, DPI, etc. nothing stopping "bad refs" being "bad refs"

[u/Efficient-Freedom517]

Oh they are getting kicked out of the conference then

[u/JDraks → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

please, it'd be so fucking funny

[u/WTD_Ducks21 → u/JDraks]

Would be hilarious if LSU implodes their entire AD trying to fight this battle.

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/WTD_Ducks21]

Lane walking down the stairs of Tiger Stadium as it collapses in slow motion like Lord Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean.

[u/Abefroman12 → u/Weenage-Tasteland]

Knowing Louisiana infrastructure, this will probably happen regardless of whether LSU gets kicked out of the SEC.

[u/the_racing_goat → u/Abefroman12]

tiger stadium is like, the only construct in the state i'd trust not to fall in on top of me. huey long didn't play

[u/lookieherehere → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

I can't see this happening regardless of what happens. The amount of money that would be lost on both sides, the insane complexity of media contracts, etc would just lead to a never ending amount of crazy lawsuits that could bankrupt both parties.

[u/FormalBasket9509 → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

I don’t think they have left the conference any other choice if they roster them

[u/ChocolateBubbles344 → u/FormalBasket9509]

This lawsuit literally includes a Vanderbilt player lol.

[u/FormalBasket9509 → u/ChocolateBubbles344]

Let’s see if a Vandy puts them on a roster and plays them I guess. High risk so he better be really good

[u/imsoupercereal → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

Clemson will dutifully take their place

[u/Hewligan → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

I am more likely to win the lottery 10 times over than LSU ever getting kicked out of the SEC.

This subreddit has lost it's goddamn mind.

[u/jackimus_prime → u/Hewligan]

Ok, sure. But have you considered it would be very funny if it happened?

[u/MidlandsBraves → u/Hewligan]

If the big 10 didn’t kick out Penn state there’s 0 shot the sec kicks out LSU.

[u/zzyul → u/MidlandsBraves]

Did Penn State openly violate B1G rules that they had agreed to follow? The main issue is LSU agreed that the conference can make and enforce rules against member programs. Then when the conference made a rule that LSU didn’t like they had got Lane’s former players to sue the conference.

[u/bhyll → u/Hewligan]

More likely to face zero repercussions

[u/Pussy_handz → u/Efficient-Freedom517]

Wait, does that mean we go indy and get a soft ass ND schedule with automatic playoff bids?

[u/thribbitthrobbit]

LSU doing all this for some roster depth pieces is so lame.

[u/FoundTheShithead → u/thribbitthrobbit]

It's also about being able to field a men's basketball team this fall for LSU.

[u/taylormade311 → u/thribbitthrobbit]

Lane*

[u/texas2089]

We’re currently in the stupidest timeline of college football

[u/Hunter1127 → u/texas2089]

You could have stopped after timeline. Everything is fucking stupid in 2026

[u/texas2089 → u/Hunter1127]

Fair point

[u/Possible_Emergency_9]

By a Baton Rouge judge, no less. Nothing under the table there.

[u/sevenlabors → u/Possible_Emergency_9]

Shocked, I say.

[u/FormalBasket9509]

What a shocker from this judge but also I am sure it will be appealed pretty quick

[u/whatifevery1wascalm]

In a shocking twist he also ordered the SEC allow LSU to play with 12 players on the field /s.

[u/TMC_Data → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

You joke but at this point what is stopping a player from arguing this if literally every other rule including being a gambling addict from the NFL can’t be enforced?

[u/ClannishHawk → u/TMC_Data]

Real answer, this is mostly employment law and anti trust regulation. Judges don't touch on field sporting rules (apart from stuff that could obviously endanger players with no sporting reason, like requiring to suck on a piece of lead while playing) but roster decisions and eligibility for professional sports (which College Football is now) has always been up for courts to rule on.

[u/Budget_Ad5888 → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

I mean think about the hardship that 12th player has to go through by not playing, honestly it's collusion that they can't play

[u/Tufoguy]

Then there's the federal lawsuit and still the decision from the CFP to vote in schools that use NFL Players. So this is long from over... and at the end of the day, it's so stupid

[u/lock_robster2022 → u/Tufoguy]

I believe the CFP would get added to this injunction in a heartbeat if they made a rule to prohibit this. Same as the conferences.

[u/Taisubaki → u/lock_robster2022]

Would they add all the AP voters if the AP poll left them out?

[u/lock_robster2022 → u/Taisubaki]

Depends on the monetary value of being in the AP top 25 and how they coordinate to exclude them.

[u/Budget_Ad5888]

Court system

TRO for a battered women - meh

TRO for a player to play endless college football - $$$$$$

[u/PeanutButterOtter]

The Clemson/LSU thread is gonna be wild.

[u/Top-Attitude-4987]

>Judge Jorden was baffled on what the definition of a professional athlete is.

LSU is going to win this case, and the entire authority structure of college football is going to collapse. Don't just dismiss this case.

[u/MartianMule → u/Top-Attitude-4987]

Yeah, because they're already professional athletes. These guys all made more in school than they did off their per diems for practicing with NFL teams.

[u/cirrus42 → u/Top-Attitude-4987]

The authority structure of the NCAA is already a rotting corpse swarmed by flies.

[u/Top-Attitude-4987 → u/cirrus42]

I don't mean the NCAA, i mean conferences in general.

[u/lock_robster2022 → u/Top-Attitude-4987]

In Jordan’s defense, this was in the context of how it’s distinct from an “amateur” athlete getting paid at a school.

[u/Fit_Alternative3563 → u/lock_robster2022]

I disagree with the ruling, but that’s actually a decent point. None of these guys are amateurs anymore.

[u/GoonOfAllGoons → u/Top-Attitude-4987]

When the SEC commissioner can't define a professional athlete, he can't complain about letting pros play.

Apparently it isn't letting someone play in the G-league for a few years, but it is getting $190 of gas money from the Saints.

[u/johndelvec3 → u/GoonOfAllGoons]

There is a way you can avoid all this

If just involves players and schools coming to the same table to figure it out. A collective bargain if you will

[u/Top-Attitude-4987 → u/GoonOfAllGoons]

Yeah that's the whole point. LSU is going to cynically use that to basically get a legal precedent that conferences don't have authority over schools, and we're going to have pure chaos where LSU think's they will be the kings of that world. Same kind of logic that Texas Tech had, but they had better people than Ken fucking Paxton, and the Big 12 was more competent about it.

[u/ScallywagBeowulf]

So I guess this means SEC teams can just say “we won’t play LSU then”?

[u/TonsilStoneSalsa → u/ScallywagBeowulf]

THAT'S COLLUSION!!

[u/gourmet_panini]

If LSU gets kicked out of the SEC, its only right that the future of football, Kennesaw State University Owls, gets their slot

[u/RMSaintsFC]

One step closer to Tulane replacing LSU in the SEC

[u/mugwump867 → u/RMSaintsFC]

If Vandy gets wrapped up in this mess the SEC is going to need another private school through which they can get up to shenanigans with no one being able to demand access to the records. The Green Wave will gladly accept the role of Official Shenanigans Enabler.

[u/Lyle_Karson]

notably this ruling includes a player for the Vanderbilt team

[u/FormalBasket9509 → u/Lyle_Karson]

How can it be enforced in Tennessee? This judge is limited to his state

[u/mdsandi → u/FormalBasket9509]

Flair aside, the legal mechanism is the judge has personal jurisdiction over the SEC and NCAA, so he can enforce his ruling via contempt proceedings against the parties by dragging them back to court.

[u/FormalBasket9509 → u/mdsandi]

No I was actually curious. I get why LSU hopefuls are filing in LA but it makes a lot less sense for a TN based player

[u/mdsandi → u/FormalBasket9509]

I get it! My vested interest aside, the state of legal reporting is abhorrent so I want to educate where I can

[u/tropic_gnome_hunter → u/mdsandi]

I want to see him enforce contempt proceedings. I want him to actually try to send US Marshals on campuses and SEC offices to round up administrators and put them in jail. Make him put his money where his mouth is.

[u/Lyle_Karson → u/FormalBasket9509]

The injunction prevents the SEC from punishing schools for rostering these players, it doesn’t really matter that vanderbilt isn’t in louisiana from what I understand

[u/FormalBasket9509 → u/Lyle_Karson]

Right but say LSU comes to Florida and plays the players. In Florida the current rule is they are not eligible (I don’t think there has been a suit but who knows). So in the eyes of the NCAA and SEC they played ineligible players and can be punished but not in Texas or Louisiana? This is why these should be federal cases honestly- the jurisdiction is a mess

[u/bulldg4life → u/FormalBasket9509]

It shouldn’t be a damn court case anyway…the ncaa and sec should be able to set eligibility rules for their sports.

[u/SituationSoap → u/bulldg4life]

The NCAA and SEC are free to set eligibility rules, so long as those rules don't contradict standing employment laws.

You know how we got free agency in baseball and football? Court cases. You know how we got players unions in sports? Court cases.

The people running things always want to take all the money and leave none for the players and make up really terrible rules about what they are and aren't allowed to do. Every sports league you follow has been shaped by dozens of court cases. It's always been in the hands of the courts.

[u/Hg1146 → u/Lyle_Karson]

Dude, no other colleges are doing this!

[u/Blupard → u/Lyle_Karson]

Shhhhhhhh, it’s only LSU doing it.

[u/DillyDillySzn]

Does anyone in the state of Louisiana have shame? I would prefer to be Rutgers rn than LSU

[u/redpowah → u/DillyDillySzn]

Not until Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent

[u/CrawlerCoolie → u/redpowah]

This is good.

[u/Johnny_Handsum → u/CrawlerCoolie]

It's funny and true. 

[u/Sado_Hedonist → u/DillyDillySzn]

Well, some of us do..

[u/FormalBasket9509 → u/DillyDillySzn]

New Orleans is lovely

[u/Johnny_Kilroy_84 → u/DillyDillySzn]

Does Sankey? Dumbfuck got on the stand and admitted he hadn’t even read the new 5 for 5 rule and when asked directly several times, couldn’t articulate what a professional athlete was. The judge straight up said that Sankey’s answers today swayed him against the SEC’s position.

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/Johnny_Kilroy_84]

We established Sankey doesn’t have shame a long time ago

[u/LasixSteroidsAbx → u/Johnny_Kilroy_84]

He was asking about the wording of the new bylaws in the current NCAA manual which was published on 9/3.

[u/Altruistic_Night2 → u/Johnny_Kilroy_84]

There was no shot the judge was ever ruling in favor of the SEC let’s be real

[u/FSUfan35 → u/Altruistic_Night2]

Sankey didn't help himself

[u/Financial_Island2353 → u/Johnny_Kilroy_84]

As if the East Baton Rouge Parish judge wasn't going to rule in LSU's favor anyway lol

[u/Johnny_Handsum → u/Financial_Island2353]

You're speaking from experience, aren't you? 

ETA - in case anyone forgot, the Ole Miss judge was in tears while he granted Chambliss his 6th year of eligibility. 

[u/magnumapplepi → u/Johnny_Handsum]

Which was sought by your coach thinking he could poach him to LSU.

[u/laxintx]

oof

[u/hansgruberr]

College football is all about those momentum swings!

[u/badscene518]

NFLsu

[u/swaggyduck0121]

Are we surprised that a Louisiana court ruled in favor lol? Hope the SEC goes nuclear on them.

[u/Doogitywoogity]

That’s it I’m colluding now

[u/lookieherehere]

Dabo is gonna show up in Baton Rouge with a wing formation offense installed in secret over the off season

[u/monkeymatt1836]

What the fuck are we doing

[u/CybeastID]

ESPN just broke in to say this...

[u/harrylime7]

A Baton Rouge judge. Imagine that.

[u/Fit_Alternative3563]

O please let LSU play these players and then lose to Clemson. Please, please, please!!!!

[u/Crazyspitz]

JFC.

[u/CROBBY2]

Judge also ruled that TDs are worth 10 points for LSU and only 3 points for opponents.

[u/hawksnest_prez]

Man this is going to be something to watch

[u/CrOS2012]

Louisiana judge, Louisiana college... homer!

[u/Aurion7]

The inevitable appeal to a more functional level of the judiciary was already going to make this ugly, but the federal case is going to take it to about a 20/10 by rendering it all pointless too thanks to superseding jurisdictions.

No one scraps quite like they scrap over pointless things.

[u/OnTheFenceGuy]

Of all the programs in all the conferences, imagine trying to get every SEC law school to fight you. Honestly, probably not a worse murderers row outside the Ivy League.

[u/Local_Preference_746]

What would be funny is if these shitty ass nfl rejects just turn out to be ass or hurt the entire season 

[u/pr931]

Can’t believe went went from just wanting to allow guys to get endorsements from companies to fully paid by the school and letting guys who played in the NFL preseason to comeback and play in college

[u/CallMeNahum → u/pr931]

Anyone that couldn't forsee exactly this happening was very, very naive.

[u/Aurion7 → u/pr931]

Avalanche.

Once the first crack appears, it spreads rapidly. The whole thing comes down.

[u/1CCF202 → u/Aurion7]

The slippery slope fallacy is not a fallacy

[u/pr931 → u/Aurion7]

Yep, rather unfortunate

[u/arrowfan624]

ShockedPikachu.jpg

[u/buckeye2114]

As soon as they said on espn “a Baton Rouge judge has ruled…” you knew what was gonna come next. Lmao all of this shit is such an absolute farce. Nothing means anything until the next judge says so.

[u/southernboy90]

Im embarrassed and upset. 

[u/Dung1sm]

Well happily take their spot at 10% share

[u/Smooth_Snorlax]

bonkers

[u/LeverActionRadical]

Insane timeline we're living in right now.

[u/Sparty013]

Wow who could have seen this coming

[u/GastropodSoups]

College sports are dead.

[u/CrazyCletus]

Wouldn’t it be ironic if both the SEC and NCAA chose to expel LSU altogether from their respective organizations for going the legal route, after losing on the proposed rule. That would cut the financial legs out from under their sports programs.

[u/JoshHuff1332 → u/CrazyCletus]

I hate this situation and don't think this all worth it, but they would certainly get sued into oblivion. The judge declared that LSU can't use potential punishments as a reason to not roster these players

[u/Possible_Report_5908]

Where the fuck does they find these judges that rule the dumbest shit (looks around) .... oh

[u/Mobile-Analyst8580]

Judge Jorden is a disgrace to the bench and absolutely should be disbarred. 

[u/arbrebiere]

Why

[u/srbtiger5 → u/arbrebiere]

I'm an LSU fan and honestly I wish the whole thing would die and be done.

But look at Sankey's answers today. He had no rebuttal. He legit came away looking absolutely clueless.

[u/aftershock321 → u/arbrebiere]

Because the NCAA and Greg Sankey are utterly incompetent

[u/Financial_Island2353]

Let Lane play them on Saturday. That way, after the SEC wins its suit in Alabama against them, the punishment will be that much more glorious to watch.

[u/tagillaslover]

That’s disappointing

[u/Jyingling21]

Booo

[u/carrotwax]

All of this would have been avoided if the NCAA changed their rules to allow a full 5 years with better timing.  They have their own lawyers.  It was stupid to create a pool of players that have a legitimate legal argument. 

Others may disagree, but with NIL and some players in college making more than some pros, the difference between a college player and a pro player is not like it was even a decade ago.

[u/workaholic828]

They aren’t gonna punish lsu, stop dreaming.

[u/AcademicAxolotl]

Ew

[u/iamStanhousen]

While I don’t think there’s a snowballs chance in hell the SEC will remove LSU, I would bet money LSU leads the league in penalties this season while simultaneously having the least amount of penalties called against their opponents.

There are ways for the SEC to punish LSU, but they won’t kick them out.

[u/tropic_gnome_hunter → u/iamStanhousen]

Lmao would be hilarious to see judges try to put refs in jail for contempt.

[u/Particular_Country38 → u/iamStanhousen]

Exactly. Especially considering the SEC is actively suing LSU.

[u/WolverineofTerrier]

LSU is in the right here. Idk how the public has so throughly been convinced that guys in the class of 2022 shouldn’t get 5/5 also.

[u/throwaway2987650 → u/WolverineofTerrier]

The spigot regarding eligibility has not been shut off. It is so easy to envision how some player scrounging around in the UFL wouldn’t go to court to get their “year,” especially if you do it in the State Court where the school recruiting you is located. The precedent being set is awful and will not end with the class of 2022. Parasites like Heitner exist for a reason; to grift and continuously push the envelope until dudes like Kedarius Toney are suiting up.

[u/WolverineofTerrier → u/throwaway2987650]

Sure it has, Bedacko lost. The guy who’s been in the UFL for years will lose also.

It’s literally just applying the rule that the NCAA was talking about for months to the guys who finished school a month before. It played out this way with the NCAA fighting 2022 players because coaches didn’t want to manage their rosters with 2022 guys so the NCAA passed an unreasonable rule. The result is the NCAA/SEC getting predictably smacked down in court.

[u/Unrelenting_Salsa → u/WolverineofTerrier]

I don't get it either. People are even acknowledging that these kids aren't even particularly good. They're fringe P4 starters.

Which on one hand, yes, it does make Kiffin being so willing to die on the hill ridiculous, but that goes just as much the other way. Everybody is pretending that this is the MLS outbidding a euro league for Messi when they're really going to be like the 30th best player on LSU's roster.

[u/WolverineofTerrier → u/Unrelenting_Salsa]

I don’t actually think it’s particularly relevant how good or bad these guys are personally.

[u/AmbitiousEmphasis64]

Probably easy for me to say when I don't have a seven figure NIL deal on the table, but how do these NFL guys go back to college with any fucking dignity at all

[u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”

[u/SirMellencamp]

Not a shock. This moves to Alabama now

[u/Vivi_O]

LSU is getting absolutely annihilated after the federal lawsuit plays out. Hope it was worth it.

[u/Higgnkfe]

William Jordan has made his decision; now let him enforce it

[u/Square-Freedom-5080]

What the fuck is wrong with our court system?

[u/GuestCartographer]

The future threads about this same judge ruling that the SEC can’t kick LSU out of the conference are going to be wild.

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

NO THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT CALL

FUCK THAT

[u/DownRize]

Am I the only one who thinks this only hurts LSU by giving them more rope to hang themselves in the end?

[u/Mr_Yolo_Swag]

Nothing ever happens. Dont fall for the ole okey doke