Though Lane Kiffin will do whatever is necessary to win at LSU, including the signing of professional players, the powers that be in college football are not on board.

The SEC Presidents met on a Zoom call on Monday and agreed signing former college athletes who have already signed an NFL or professional contract and try to return to college athletics is not what college athletics is all about. The league said as much in a joint statement on Monday night.

Now, the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 are joining the SEC, as the four power conferences are considering a pro-player ban. This all comes after a Louisiana judge last Thursday granted 16 football players a temporary restraining order to return to college football and have access to the transfer portal as well.

On Monday, LSU signed former Cleveland Browns tight end Dae’Quan Wright, as well as defensive lineman Zxavian Harris, who was in training camp with the New Orleans Saints earlier this month. This is a reaction to the NCAA’s decision in the spring not to grandfather the recruiting classes of 2022 into its new 5-in-5 eligibility rule, which allows, unlike the previous model (four seasons of competition within a five-year period), athletes to compete in all five years of their window.

Their eligibility begins at either their initial full-time enrollment in college or at the start of the academic year following the student-athlete’s 19th birthday, whichever happens first.

The NCAA excluded the freshman class of 2022 to regulate future and ongoing participation rather than to look backward and restore eligibility for players who had already exhausted their traditional four years of competition. This was a move to help give the current freshmen class more opportunities to compete for roster spots.

This exclusion led to widespread push back and legal action. Players argued that it was unfair to deny them a fifth year when athletes immediately before and after them received expanded opportunities.

And, according to Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger, the push back will likely continue even with the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 setting a pro ban.

“Important to note that league-wide rules do not absolve a conference from legal challenges. In fact, conferences will likely now be sued by athletes as defendants in separate lawsuits or added as defendants in existing lawsuits, many times in front of the same judges,” Dellenger reports.

What are the proposed consequences if the conference’s unite and ban professional athletes from joining a roster?

“SEC presidents are expected to direct ADs against accepting pro players – under threat of penalty. Per bylaws, Greg Sankey and/or presidents hold authority to deem a player ineligible, fine/suspend coaches, etc.,” Dellenger reported.

And this from the Big Ten.