SEC accuses LSU of letting Lane Kiffin run wild as expulsion vote coming Thursday in explosive court filing

The Tuesday morning in an Alabama federal court, indicating that the conference is seriously considering drastic action against LSU.

After what unfolded last week in a Louisiana district court, it has become clear that the fight launched by LSU over the potential rostering of athletes with NFL experience has not gone over well with officials inside SEC headquarters.

Last Thursday, while SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey took the stand in a Baton Rouge courtroom, the conference filed a federal lawsuit against LSU, head coach Lane Kiffin and athletic department staffers. The lawsuit argued that the school was preventing SEC officials from exercising their First Amendment rights to govern the conference.

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Sankey testified for more than three hours, a hearing OutKick attended, and the gamesmanship quickly disappeared. Behind the scenes, the SEC was preparing to take action against LSU over a fiasco that had placed the conference and its leadership at the center of what was viewed as an embarrassing situation in Birmingham.

"The SEC does not bring this action to declare any student-athlete ineligible or to prevent any student-athlete from participating in any athletic competition. This action is directed solely at the state actors who have violated, continue to violate, and threaten to further violate the SECs rights under the First Amendment," the complaint noted.

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The fight is now moving beyond the courtroom.

On Thursday, SEC officials will hold a special meeting to determine whether LSU could face expulsion from the conference. The meeting centers on concerns that school officials have lost control of Kiffin and the football program.

In the filing, SEC presidents and chancellors made it clear during a Sept. 4 meeting that they feel as though LSU has let Lane Kiffin run the football program however he wants, without guidance from the athletic department.

"Expressed great concern that Defendants Rousse and Ausberry have no meaningful control over Defendant Kiffin or the football program at LSU...The consensus at the September 4 meeting was and continues to be that LSUs demonstrated lack of institutional control at the University level—including complete lack of control over Defendant Kiffins actions."

Simply put, the SEC feels as though the comments made by Kiffin over the past few weeks regarding this matter go against conference rules, and they feel as though the LSU athletic department has allowed Kiffin to run the football program without pressure from his own bosses.

Will this actually take place?

That's up to the member institutions, though the likelihood of the SEC expelling LSU from the conference feels pretty slim in the grand scheme of things.

But, in their updated filing on Tuesday, the SEC made it clear that they have the power to expel LSU from the conference, if enough votes are cast in favor of the move.

"Membership of a member may be terminated involuntarily at a meeting of the Chief Executive Officers. A vote of at least two-thirds of all the Chief Executive Officers is required to terminate membership. Any motion to terminate membership shall specify the effecti