SEC Looking To Potentially Expel LSU From Conference, Vote Scheduled For Thursday

Wow … talk about an escalation.

An amended complaint against LSU has been filed by the SEC regarding the university’s possible plans to include former NFL players on its football roster, while also scheduling a vote for the league presidents to decide whether or not to expel the Tigers from the conference.

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It’s not anticipated that the SEC will take the proposed action, however, the league’s seriousness is indicated by the filing amid a process to affirm its legal right to enforce conference rules. (RELATED: Former NFL Players Dae’Quan Wright, Zxavian Harris Allowed To Play College Football At LSU, Judge Rules)

In the SEC’s filing, the conference stated that its presidents and chancellors will have a meeting Thursday to vote on the potential termination of LSU’s league membership.

The conference is citing Section 3.1.5 of the SEC Constitution and Bylaws, which provides presidents with the “plenary power and authority with respect to all affairs of the Conference of any type or nature whatsoever,” and it also includes the authority to “[t]ake all actions specified and contemplated in Article 3 [of the Constitution] in their sole discretion,” according to ESPN.

As you saw in my earlier reporting, it’s not expected that the SEC is actually going to make the move of kicking LSU out of the conference, but if we didn’t know that information, I’d still be telling you there’s no way in hell the league pulls the trigger on a decision like that.

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The idea of commissioner Greg Sankey and the SEC presidents actually pushing the nuclear button on one of college football’s most lucrative, tradition-rich flagship brands is pure theater. LSU football prints money, drives television ratings, and fills stadiums. Nobody in Birmingham is voluntarily sacrificing the Golden Goose over a couple of undrafted camp signees.

The SEC wants everyone to believe the sky is falling, hoping this legal melodrama bullies schools into line and forces Congress into granting an antitrust exemption. But let’s not lose the plot here: LSU isn’t going anywhere, Lane Kiffin isn’t going to stop trolling, and the conference office looks ridiculous pretending it’s willing to exile Death Valley just to prove a point.

If I’m LSU and Lane Kiffin, I’m calling the SEC’s bluff … they’re not doing a damn thing.

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