The SEC will vote to expel LSU. Here's why

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The SEC is fed up with Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers after their debacle signing pro football players to the team. On Tuesday, the conference filed an amendment to its federal lawsuit against LSU, Lane Kiffin, and other representatives. This amendment seeks the power to expel LSU from the conference.

To do so, a vote of two-thirds of all the presidents is required to end a school's tenure with the conference according to SEC rules. The SEC said in a statement, "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."

"Today's filing is necessary to defend that right and preserve the Conference's ability to govern competition among its members."

A meeting is set for Thursday, September 10 to “decide whether to terminate Louisiana State University (“LSU”) as an SEC member institution pursuant to Section 3.1.5 of the SEC Constitution and Bylaws,” per On3 Sports.

If this does not show how fed up the SEC is with Lane Kiffin and his antics, then nothing does. According to ESPN, the SEC's amended complaint mentioned Kiffin's comments after their 5110 landslide win over Clemson on Saturday; "Imagine if we had pro players." His comment shows how he neglects the ruling that players who have signed a pro contract cannot return to college.

"The consensus at the September 4 meeting was and continues to be that LSU's demonstrated lack of institutional control at the university level—including complete lack of control over Coach Kiffin's actions — and other conduct alleged herein that is inconsistent with the principles and purposes of the Conference as set forth in Section 1.2 of the Constitution, made it imperative for a meeting to be called to consider the termination of LSU's membership in the Conference pursuant," the complaint reads.

This could impact LSU's season in a way that has rarely been seen. A notable instance when a team was voted out of a conference was in February 2001 when Temple University was voted out of the Big East. The decision came because of how abysmal Temple's program was and the failure to consistently reach the 25,000-attendance benchmark. Temple did everything they could to remain in the Big East and ultimately reached a settlement to play in the league through the 2004 season.

At the end of that season, Temple's record was 30-126 overall and 14-80 in the Big East. They played independent for two years before playing in the Mid-American Conference in 2007. Shortly after their stint with the MAC, the Big East came crawling back after losing several members to the ACC and Big 12.

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LSU may not be so lucky if they do get voted out of the SEC. Conferences have an image to uphold, whether that's competitive teams, academic standards, money, etc., and if a school does anything to alter that image, there will be repercussions. LSU may have to find that out the hard way.

The SEC is sending a clear message that they will not tolerate any deviation from its rules, and rightfully so. The whole world will be watching on Thursday to see LSU's fate. 

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