If the SEC has its way, the case will linger until LSU acknowledges that it attempted to skirt the conference’s professionalism rules by recruiting — and potentially signing — athletes with professional experience in the NFL or NBA, or until LSU accepts some type of punishment without using a courtroom as a shield.The ongoing saga between one of the SEC’s biggest schools and the conference it resides in has pushed both sides toward a war over the limits of what LSU is permitted to do under league rules.INISDE A LOUISIANA COURTROOM: SEC-LSU LEGAL CIRCUS PLAYED OUT OUT LIKE A JOHN GRISHAM NOVEL IN STUNNING SHOWDOWNDating back to before the college football season started, multiple athletes at first sued the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility based off the new guidelines that were enacted over how many years an athlete can play collegiate sports.When passed in June, the NCAA made it clear that while athletes would now have five years to play five seasons, they left out the 2022 class.This has led to a plethora of lawsuits being filed across the country, as some judges are granting athletes an additional season based on the NCAA's lack of grandfathering in the 2022 class, while the NCAA has been hellbent to fight each case presented in front of a local judge for consideration.But after a Louisiana district court judge ruled that Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris were eligible to play this season following their professional football experience, the SEC and other conferences adopted a rule barring athletes with professional experience from returning to college sports.LSU MIGHT HAVE TO SUE THE SEC IF THIS LEGAL WAR IS EXPEDITED, WHILE DABO SWINNEY IS STAYING IN HIS 'LANE'Lane Kiffin, head coach of the LSU Tigers, talks with a game official during a game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky., on Oct.10, 2026.
(Getty Images)This led to attorneys for the plaintiffs adding the SEC to the ongoing lawsuit in a Baton Rouge court, whi...