Georgia AG to SEC: 'Take all measures available' if LSU plays pros - ESPN

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is encouraging SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to take «all measures available,» including suspending and/or removing LSU from the conference, if the Tigers elect to roster former NFL players this season.

In a letter to Sankey on Wednesday, Carr wrote that his office is prepared to «use all legal means necessary to protect the University of Georgia, student athletes, and the integrity of college athletics.»

«College athletics are for college athletes only, and we are grateful the SEC has taken swift action to maintain that standard,» Carr wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN. «However, the rules cannot be ignored or twisted to benefit one coach, one institution, or one program, and we refuse to stand by while that happens.»

The letter was sent a day before a scheduled preliminary injunction hearing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Louisiana state court Judge William Jorden ruled Friday that the SEC and Sankey are not allowed to punish member schools if they play a college football player who returns to campus after signing a contract with NFL teams this summer.

Jorden's ruling prohibits the SEC from enforcing a rule it affirmed last week, which threatens schools with stiff penalties for using former NFL players, including a half-season suspension for coaches, a fine that matches 50% of the sport's annual budget and revocation of league voting rights.

The SEC took action after former Ole Miss tight end Dae'Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris announced plans to join their former coach, Lane Kiffin, at LSU after leaving NFL training camps.

The judge had previously issued a temporary restraining order, which prohibits the NCAA from declaring Wright and Harris