{"id":622,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/622","headline":"SEC says LSU still defying its rules, cites basketball program now too","dek":"In a Tuesday night court filing, the conference pointed to Will Wade's basketball recruiting as fresh evidence of LSU's noncompliance.","body":"The SEC is not dropping its lawsuit against LSU. In a 41-page filing submitted Tuesday, Oct. 13, in opposition to LSU's motion to dismiss, the conference argued the case remains very much alive because LSU appears to be repeating the same behavior that started the dispute, this time in men's basketball rather than football.\n\nThe original fight centered on LSU football's failed attempt to roster players who had signed NFL preseason contracts. Now the SEC says LSU's basketball program, under coach Will Wade, is showing the same pattern by pursuing former pros, which the conference calls further proof of what it describes as the university's \"stubborn refusal\" to follow SEC professionalism rules.\n\nThe SEC also noted that LSU never states in its own brief that it is committed to following those rules, maintaining institutional control, or respecting the conference's authority. The conference says the real issue goes beyond any single roster move. It wants a court to settle whether the SEC can legally enforce sanctions against a member school, including removing that school from the conference altogether, calling LSU's conduct a sign of a complete lack of institutional control over its athletic programs.","published_at":"2026-10-14T23:18:50.247625+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Front Office Sports","publisher":"Front Office Sports","title":"SEC Accuses LSU of ‘Stubborn Refusal’ to Follow Rules","url":"https://frontofficesports.com/article/sec-accuses-lsu-of-stubborn-refusal-to-follow-rules/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"LSU basketball's recruitment of pros cited in new SEC court filing","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lsu-basketballs-recruitment-pros-cited-041730365.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"LSU, SEC still at odds: Court filing accuses school of 'stubborn refusal' to follow conference rules","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7688632/2026/10/13/lsu-sec-court-filing-will-wade-lane-kiffin/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"SEC files response in opposition to LSU's motion to dismiss lawsuit","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sec-files-response-opposition-lsus-232113978.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"LSU reaction to SEC's latest filing in ongoing lawsuit","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lsu-reaction-secs-latest-filing-001256344.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"SEC Accuses LSU of ‘Stubborn Refusal’ to Follow Rules","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sec-accuses-lsu-stubborn-refusal-153727528.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Southeastern Conference asserts in court filing that its dispute with LSU has not been resolved","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/southeastern-conference-asserts-court-filing-164438938.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"SEC Accuses LSU Of ‘A Complete Lack Of Institutional Control’ In New Court Filing","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/sec-accuses-lsu-a-complete-lack-institutional-control-new-court-filing"}],"image":{"url":"https://frontofficesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-11T004117Z_810300481_MT1USATODAY30051490_RTRMADP_3_NCAA-FOOTBALL-LOUISIANA-STATE-AT-KENTUCKY-scaled-e1791992238448.jpg?quality=80&w=1024","credit":"Front Office Sports","width":1024},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}