SEC Open Thread

zelezo vlk · Thursday at 1:23 PM

This seems kinda big

greyhammer90 · Thursday at 1:30 PM

zelezo vlk said:
This seems kinda big

LSU is either going to get upset this weekend or they're going to beat the dog piss out of Clemson.

zelezo vlk · Thursday at 1:38 PM

greyhammer90 said:
LSU is either going to get upset this weekend or they're going to beat the dog piss out of Clemson.

It's hard to imagine they aren't distracted by everything going on, but I doubt Clemson has the dogs to stay in the game.

jerseyborn1971 · Thursday at 2:33 PM

LSU is going to clobber Clemson. The energy around Clemson is like dentist office waiting room.

CousinEddy · Thursday at 3:19 PM

I got to say, I have been lurking on the Tiger rant board today keeping up with this hearing. They seem to think Stanley is getting fucked and they have it in the bag. Any lawyers in here have any objective idea as to what is happening? I am about as knowledgeable at legal issues as ND08 is at posting.

Irish#1 · Thursday at 3:24 PM

You can be sure Kiffin will play those guys just out of spite.

Jiggafini19Deux · Thursday at 4:04 PM

Nothing says conference love like a lawsuit.

Irish du Nord · Thursday at 4:23 PM

jerseyborn1971 said:
LSU is going to clobber Clemson. The energy around Clemson is like dentist office waiting room.

On the other hand, Ol’ Dabo may have another game plan in him to get them the win. Tough that it’s in Baton Rouge though.

dublinirish · Thursday at 4:54 PM

zelezo vlk · Thursday at 10:09 PM

AKRowdy · Thursday at 10:43 PM

Can someone explain this to me like I’m 5.. how can a judge overrule the NCAA or SEC rules? Don't all the schools approve of the league bylaws which allows the conference/ NCAA the ability to enforce those said bylaws? All of these court rulings make zero sense to me.

calvegas04 · Thursday at 11:01 PM

Going to Federal court now

IrishLax · Thursday at 11:08 PM

zelezo vlk said:

It's all so unserious:

Notre Dame Joe · 2026-09-04T04:46:33-0400

AKRowdy said:
Can someone explain this to me like I’m 5.. how can a judge overrule the NCAA or SEC rules? Don't all the schools approve of the league bylaws which allows the conference/ NCAA the ability to enforce those said bylaws? All of these court rulings make zero sense to me.

Well, if the bylaw is illegal, then the judge can rule that they cannot enforce it. Think segregation.

T-Boone · 2026-09-04T05:30:58-0400

LSU is going to end up independent

FOTY977 · 2026-09-04T07:58:40-0400

IrishLax said:
It's all so unserious:

Lmao how is that not some kind of an ethics violation?

thekid33 · 2026-09-04T08:38:42-0400

IrishLax said:
It's all so unserious:

That's the least shocking picture ever.

bkess8 · 2026-09-04T08:52:33-0400

Imagine that a judge in Baton Rouge ruled in favor of LSU... Didn't see that one coming.

jprue24 · 2026-09-04T09:00:08-0400

AKRowdy said:
Can someone explain this to me like I’m 5.. how can a judge overrule the NCAA or SEC rules? Don't all the schools approve of the league bylaws which allows the conference/ NCAA the ability to enforce those said bylaws? All of these court rulings make zero sense to me.

jprue24 said:
Short answer, the Sherman Act of 1890.

A bit longer. The members of the NCAA all compete against each other for the same athletes, same fans, and the same money. This makes the schools business rivals. The Sherman Act prohibits business rivals from teaming up and agreeing to limit competition between each other. Courts have determined that schools, through the NCAA, were agreeing with each other to cap compensation.

Just don't join our group or go somewhere else isn't a defense to price fixing. Practically speaking, the NCAA is basically the only path to playing high level college sports, so "don't join" amounts to "don't play at all".

If you are looking for the first legal domino you have to go back to 1984 and NCAA v Board of Regents. That case established that NCAA rules could be challenged under antitrust law.

Edit - NCAA v Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma* (Dawgs were also a plaintiff) was about control of TV broadcasts and allowed schools to make their own TV deals

Super short answer. The NCAA/SEC rules still have to comply with the law.

Bantry19 · 2026-09-04T09:49:22-0400

IrishLax said:
It's all so unserious:

This is AI and it’s a parody account. Right? Right????

jerseyborn1971 · 2026-09-04T10:35:23-0400

If Lane goes through with it and they put them on the roster, it's going to be a bloodbath for LSU. They are going to get locked out of conference games in every single sport. It will be worse than what was threatened against Texas Tech. All for 2 stiffs who aren't even that good to begin with. Lane finally went too far.

dublinirish · 2026-09-04T10:51:29-0400

no way SEC punishes LSU lol

thekid33 · 2026-09-04T11:14:26-0400

The fact that it may not be illegal to allow players that signed professional contracts to then return and play in college is a joke.

I know college isn't amateur, but at some point there needs to be a common sense dividing line between college and pro that you can't cross back from.

Irish#1 · 2026-09-04T11:51:28-0400

bkess8 said:
Imagine that a judge in Baton Rouge ruled in favor of LSU... Didn't see that one coming.

You mean like that Texas judge with Tech ties ruling in favor of Texas Tech?

Dizzyphil · 2026-09-04T12:10:15-0400

thekid33 said:
The fact that it may not be illegal to allow players that signed professional contracts to then return and play in college is a joke.

I know college isn't amateur, but at some point there needs to be a common sense dividing line between college and pro that you can't cross back from.

"An injury lawyer 'licking is his lips' right now when a former 'NFL' player hits a 'College' kid and he gets injured". - My neighbor who is a finance attorney brought that up last night while we were watching the GT/CO fiasco. He said signed or not, he has been 'Professionally' trained against an 'Amateur' athelete and it could stand a precedence in a court.

dublinirish · 2026-09-04T12:30:24-0400

Southern judges f'in around these days is a good argument that reconstruction of the southern states after the civil war was a mistake

MeanGreenBeans · 2026-09-04T12:46:00-0400

dublinirish said:
Southern judges f'in around these days is a good argument that reconstruction of the southern states after the civil war was a mistake

Dizzyphil said:
"An injury lawyer 'licking is his lips' right now when a former 'NFL' player hits a 'College' kid and he gets injured". - My neighbor who is a finance attorney brought that up last night while we were watching the GT/CO fiasco. He said signed or not, he has been 'Professionally' trained against an 'Amateur' athelete and it could stand a precedence in a court.

I'm an injury lawyer and that sounds like a shitty case. Maybe your neighbor should stick to finance law.

dublinirish · 2026-09-04T13:01:20-0400

MeanGreenBeans said:
I'm an injury lawyer and that sounds like a shitty case. Maybe your neighbor should stick to finance law.

but he said "trust me bro"

Dizzyphil · 2026-09-04T13:02:10-0400

MeanGreenBeans said:
I'm an injury lawyer and that sounds like a shitty case. Maybe your neighbor should stick to finance law.

I'm not a lawyer and don't know the semantics of how it would work.... you can come on down and tell him to his face. All I did was state what he said.

MeanGreenBeans · 2026-09-04T13:14:53-0400

Dizzyphil said:
I'm not a lawyer and don't know the semantics of how it would work.... you can come on down and tell him to his face. All I did was state what he said.

I’m never met a finance bro with a law degree that I liked. Maybe get some new neighbors.

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