The Southeastern Conference has filed a lawsuit against LSU, its board of supervisors and head football coach Lane Kiffin.
The lawsuit comes as college football programs and schools fight over eligibility rules when it comes to former professional players.
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The complaint alleges LSU is recruiting players who had signed NFL contracts with the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The players include Zxavian Harris and Dae’Quan Wright, ESPN reports.
Harris and Wright played for Kiffin at Ole Miss and want to join him at LSU. On Thursday, a Louisiana judge issued an injunction that cleared a path for LSU to add them to the roster.
SEC members voted just last week in favor of a policy statement to clarify rules regarding schools have pro athletes on their roster. It alleges that LSU’s conduct goes against its “core purposes” and has “already harmed” the conference.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr sent a letter to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey on Wednesday. He urged Sankey to take “all measures available” to punish LSU if they add the former NFL players to their roster.
“We reserve the right to use all legal means necessary to protect the University of Georgia, student athletes and the integrity of college athletics,” Carr wrote.
Hundreds of athletes have filed lawsuits arguing that they should be eligible to play a fifth year in college because they weren’t given a fair chance under NCAA’s new rules.
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