Texas A&M coach Mike Elko compares the LSU-SEC standoff to parenting, as the conference weighs a historic move against the Tigers.

SEC leaders and commissioner Greg Sankey met on Thursday to discuss the possibility of expelling LSU over Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin's effort to add former NFL players to the roster.

The meeting was held a day after a scheduled federal court hearing was postponed by a judge in Birmingham, Alabama.

LSU president Wade Rousse sent SEC commissioner Greg Sankey a letter, dated Wednesday, to “clear up the allegations against LSU.”

The SEC's injunction hearing against LSU was postponed just hours after the Tigers filled their final roster spots and ended a key dispute.

In defiance of conference rules, LSU and Kiffin tried to add two professional football players, Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, to the Tigers, citing recent conflicting court rulings about an extra year of eligibility for players in the 2022 recruiting class.

College football insider Pete Thamel delivered a run of Week 2 injury, eligibility and legal updates on ESPN's "College GameDay" Saturday morning, touching Texa

Landry is among many Louisiana elected officials to criticize the SEC after the conference threatened to remove LSU in a battle over player eligibility.

In what appears to be a de-escalation, LSU president Wade Rousse told Greg Sankey that the Tigers have "complied" with SEC rules and that the "issue is moot."