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La. Judge Allows Pro Athletes to Return to LSU
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In Short: Judge William Jorden ruled in favor of athletes, granting them an injunction to be rostered by LSU this season.
In the end, Judge William Jorden ruled in the favor of athletes, granting them an injunction that will allow them to be rostered this upcoming season by any school that will take them.
There was the testimony of SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, who was on the stand for over three hours, being peppered with questions from plaintiff attorneys about how the conference can allow professional athletes who have played overseas be granted the ability to play over five seasons, compared to these plaintiffs who turned pro under the previous guidelines that left them without eligibility.
At the forefront of this case, with LSU head coach Lane Kiffin emphasizing multiple times that the Tigers were just obeying a court order that was previously issued allowing the school to roster athletes like former Cleveland Browns training camp tight end Dae'Quan Wright, was the argument that players with NFL or professional ties should not be allowed back in college athletics.
What started in one state court has now spread across the country, with a plethora of athletes filing lawsuits against the NCAA, and now SEC, over new guidelines enacted pertaining to the five-for-five eligibility.
Inside the Baton Rouge courtroom, lawyers for the plaintiffs, NCAA and SEC argued over whether these athletes should be granted a temporary injunction.
The following three hours were both entertainment and the plaintiffs trying to prove that the SEC colluded to enact new guidelines pertaining to former pro-athletes returning to college in the days after the initial court order was issued in this same court.
It played out in real time, as lawyers for the plaintiffs were checking their phones after notifications started going off that showed the SEC had filed their suit in federal court.
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- Fox Newslink