SEC Challenges Court Order Allowing Former NFL Players to Join LSU

Getty Images The SEC intends to fight the court order barring it from punishing teams that suit up former NFL players this fall. In its first public comment since a Baton Rouge judge barred the conference from punishing schools that sign former professional players, the league told CBS Sports on Sunday evening that it and its commissioner, Greg Sankey, will contest the case in a Louisiana courtroom on Thursday morning. “The order entered against the SEC and Commissioner Sankey is a temporary restraining order, not a final ruling on the merits,” the conference said in a statement. “The SEC and…