Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is urging the SEC to hit LSU with the strongest response possible if the Tigers move forward with a roster that includes former NFL players back in college.
In a letter to commissioner Greg Sankey obtained by USA TODAY Sports, Carr called on the league to take “all measures available” against LSU and to “use all legal means necessary to protect the University of Georgia, student athletes, and the integrity of college athletics.” Carr said the conference should be prepared to escalate all the way to suspending or removing LSU from the SEC.
“College athletics are for college athletes only, and we are grateful the SEC has taken swift action to maintain that standard,” Carr wrote in the letter. “However, the rules cannot be ignored or twisted to benefit one coach, one institution, or one program, and we refuse to stand by while that happens.”
The SEC’s rule change came after LSU landed commitments from two of Lane Kiffin’s former players at Mississippi who later signed NFL contracts: tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive lineman Zxavian Harris. In response, SEC presidents voted 15-0 to approve a policy banning former professional athletes from joining football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams at league schools.
That rule quickly ran into trouble in Louisiana. Days after it passed, Judge William Jorden issued a ruling that stopped the conference from enforcing the new policy.
Carr sent his letter to Sankey one day before a scheduled preliminary injunction hearing in Baton Rouge. In it, he said the court orders “obviously raise serious legal concerns,” but added that the bigger issue was LSU’s stated plan to ignore the SEC policy and roster one or more pro athletes this season.
“The substance and scope of those orders obviously raise serious legal concerns,” Carr wrote in the letter. “However, the more immediate concern is that after the temporary orders took effect, one of the SEC's member institutions, Louisiana State University (LSU), indicated its plans to ignore the conference policy by opting to roster one or more pro athletes this season. It is no coincidence that the very institution set to potentially use this temporary order to flout the SEC's rule is in the trial court's own backyard.”
He also argued that “no institution should be allowed to ignore the obligations of Conference membership while continuing to receive the benefits of membership.”
Carr’s letter landed a day after Tennessee chancellor Donde Plowman, who serves as president of the SEC’s executive committee, told ESPN that the league is standing by its rule banning former professional athletes from competing in the conference.
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