LSU Avoids SEC Sanctions After Dropping 2 Former NFL Rookies
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Updated · ESPN · Sep 10
LSU Avoids SEC Sanctions After Dropping 2 Former NFL Rookies
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Sep 10
Summary
SEC presidents and chancellors ended Thursday's meeting without punishing LSU, despite court records showing the call could decide whether to terminate the school.
LSU defused the immediate threat by abandoning plans to add Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris after filling its 105-man roster, with president Wade Rousse telling commissioner Greg Sankey the eligibility fight was now moot.
Rousse joined the videoconference only briefly because LSU and he are defendants in pending federal litigation, and the conference said discussions on an "appropriate resolution" will continue.
The standoff began after a Louisiana judge cleared the two undrafted free agents to return for a fifth college season, prompting the SEC to sue LSU in Alabama over rules barring former NFL players.