SEC files amendment for authority to expel LSU from league, cites Kiffin’s Clemson halftime comments
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The SEC filed an amendment to its federal lawsuit against LSU, Lane Kiffin and school officials on Tuesday.
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The league seeks the authority to expel LSU from the conference.
“The SEC and its member universities have the right to establish, through agreed-upon governance procedures, the rules under which they voluntarily compete and to expect those rules to be followed,” the SEC said in a statement. “A commitment to those rules, and to the core principles of the Southeastern Conference, is an essential element of SEC membership.
“Today’s filing is necessary to defend that right and preserve the Conference’s ability to govern competition among its members.”
The SEC, per Pete Thamel, is not expected to expel LSU from the league. However, the the filing does indicate, per the report, “the seriousness of the league as it attempts to affirm the legal right to enforce its own rules.”
The SEC’s presidents and chancellors will meet Thursday to decide whether to terminate LSU as an SEC member institution pursuant to Section 3.1.5 of the SEC Constitution and Bylaws, which give the presidents the “plenary power and authority with respect to all affairs of the Conference of any type or nature whatsoever,” including the power to “(t)ake all actions specified and contemplated in Article 3 (of the Constitution) in their sole discretion.”
Under SEC rules, a vote of at least two-thirds of all the presidents is required to terminate a school’s membership.
Interestingly enought, the SEC’s amended complaint made note that during halftime of No. 10 LSU’s 51-10 victory against Clemson on Saturday, Kiffin told Holly Rowe “imagine if we had pro players,” which, of course, was a reference to Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, who had signed NFL contracts before attempting to return to school.
The SEC alleges that Kiffin’s statements “stand in sharp contrast to the silence by the President and Athletic Director of LSU” and “they confirm the lack of institutional control over the athletics program at LSU that is required by Article 6 of the SEC Constitution and by the remaining provisions of the Constitution and Bylaws.”
Last Thursday, the SEC filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Alabama that listed LSU, new president Wade Rouse, athletic director Verge Ausberry and Kiffin, among others, as defendants.
The federal complaint comes down to a First Amendment claim against LSU for pursuing and attempting to roster former professional athletes because it infringes on the conference’s ability to properly serve its other members and enforce its own rules against such conduct.
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