Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over first-year coach Lane Kiffin's now-abandoned effort to field players who signed contracts with NFL teams as undrafted rookies earlier this year.

THE SEC is gearing up to take drastic measures against LSU in its fight against pro players returning to college. The conference filed an amended complaint against the school in a move to

The uproar and court appearances between LSU and the SEC stem primarily from LSU football coach Lane Kiffin attempting to add former NFL rookies Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to the roster. Wright and Harris were a part of a lawsuit that resulted in a temporary injunction that allows the players to return to college to play a fifth year.

As the SEC moves to potentially expel LSU from the conference, several Louisiana politicians are apoplectic. In the latest move in LSU’s headline-grabbing battle to allow Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to play for LSU this season ,