Landry Blasts SEC Delay on LSU Expulsion Vote as 15 of 16 Schools Face Legal Questions
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Updated · WBRZ · Sep 10
Landry Blasts SEC Delay on LSU Expulsion Vote as 15 of 16 Schools Face Legal Questions
3 articles · Updated · WBRZ · Sep 10
Summary
Fox News remarks from Governor Jeff Landry framed the SEC's delayed vote to expel LSU as "ridiculous," saying fans care more about football than courtroom fights.
Landry argued the SEC itself triggered the dispute by suing LSU and said expulsion would be hard to execute because of media-rights contracts and the shifting NIL landscape.
15 of the SEC's 16 members are public universities, Landry said, contending that reality raises legal and First Amendment issues for the conference's position.
On the roster controversy, Landry blamed the NCAA's five-for-five rule, saying Class of 2022 players were misled about eligibility and LSU "did not create" the litigation in Louisiana or Alabama.
The immediate next step remains with the SEC, Landry said, as the conference presses claims that LSU recruited players with NFL contracts.