The SEC and LSU are involved in a legal battle over the future of former NFL players who did not make NFL rosters and are trying to return to the college football ranks. LSU has brought in multiple players who have yet to play an NFL game but participated in the NFL preseason.

The NCAA heads to court in Louisiana in an attempt to stop LSU from fielding players with NFL experience. What's at stake for both sides.

Baton Rouge Judge William Jorden granted LSU football commits Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, along with 42 other athletes from the high school class of 2022, a preliminary injunction against the NCAA and Southeastern Conference.

Multiple conferences have placed a prohibition on pro players returning to the college football ranks. This includes the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, and SEC, which have all placed a ban on professional players returning to the college ranks.

A Louisiana judge granted an injunction on Thursday to allow athletes with professional ties to play for LSU and others to start a wild week in college football.

Two of the state’s most prominent politicians and attorneys are now on opposite sides of a major legal dispute over whether some ex-pro players can join teams like LSU’s.

A Louisiana judge ruled that 31 athletes can return to college, challenging SEC rules on former pro players.

Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris earned a major legal victory on Thursday, earning a injunction against the NCAA and SEC.

NEWS: Injunction granted by Judge William Jorden, paving the way for NCAA and SEC eligibility for more than 40 atheltes. That group includes potential LSU transfers Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, setting up a seismic decision for LSU whether they put them on the roster,… pic.twitter.com/FVgBh6YLCi

A Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order against the NCAA, the SEC and commissioner Greg Sankey on Thursday, granting more than 40 plaintiffs a fifth year of eligibility to play college sports in the first major court ruling against an individual conference.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey arrived early Thursday in a courtroom not far from LSU that is the focus of college football as several dozen athletes seek a ruling that could clear the way for them to play this fall — even after they turned pro.