The SEC is weighing LSU’s conference membership as a federal court fight over players with NFL experience threatens a founding member’s place. The SEC’s school presidents and chancellors will meet Thursday to discuss whether LSU should remain in the conference. The dispute centers on a league rule that bars teams from returning players with NFL […] The post SEC weighs LSU removal as NFL roster dispute reaches federal court appeared first on American Almanac .
The SEC is weighing LSU’s conference membership as a federal court fight over players with NFL experience threatens a founding member’s place. The SEC’s school presidents and chancellors will meet Thursday to discuss whether LSU should remain in the conference. The dispute centers on a league rule that bars teams from returning players with NFL experience to their rosters. LSU helped found the Southeastern Conference in 1933, but that history does not end the dispute. Removing the school would require support from at least two-thirds of the conference’s CEOs. No final vote or removal has taken place. But the SEC has already taken the fight to federal court, raising the stakes well beyond a routine roster disagreement. Two LSU…Open
LSU decided to leave two former NFL players off of its 2026 roster for Saturday's game against Clemson. This comes after a Baton Rouge court ruled in favor of players Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, allowing them to be eligible to play for the Tigers in their fifth collegiate season. LiveNOW from FOX's Christina Evans breaks it down with Front Office Sports reporter Ben Axelrod.
The ruling allows former NFL players Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, along with 38 other graduated athletes, to join the roster after the NCAA's decision to add an extra year of eligibility for college athletes. The SEC previously voted to ban former professional athletes from rejoining college teams. The conference is appealing the ruling. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
A Louisiana judge approved a preliminary injunction Thursday against the NCAA in a high-profile eligibility case. The ruling clears the way for LSU to list some former NFL players on its roster. This week, the Southeastern Conference sued LSU over its intent to put players who signed NFL contracts on its roster. The lawsuit states LSU recruited players who sought more college eligibility after the NCAA expanded eligibility to five years instead of the previous four. Two of the players LSU intends to roster are Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, both of whom played for Kiffin when he was the head coach at Ole Miss last fall. The players are pursuing an extra year of college eligibility since the NCAA expanded eligibility from four years to…
