Today a federal judge will hear the SEC's arguments against LSU, claiming LSU orchestrated a court case that led to an injunction that would allow certain athletes to return to college ball even though they had, however briefly, signed with professional teams.
Tulane sports law Professor Gabe Feldman says the NCAA has been losing more court fights than it's winning, and the Southeastern Conference is trying to avoid that.
"I think the SEC does not want to become the NCAA 2.0 in terms of legal issues," Feldman said.
But would the SEC really kick out a program as big as LSU?
"I don't think that's a realistic outcome, to be honest. I think that is mostly public posturing," Feldman said. "What we've seen, time and time again, is that conferences are making decisions based on what is going to generate the most football revenue, and expelling LSU is not going to generate them the most football revenue."
And he said if the SEC takes such extreme measures, LSU might recover from it faster.
"I think LSU will have an easier time finding another landing spot than the SEC would have finding someone to replace LSU," said Feldman, "but I think everybody is a loser in that scenario."
While the legal battle plays out, LSU made a move that renders the debate moot for this season. The football team submitted its 105 player roster that does not include any players that went to training camp with an NFL team.
