The SEC has taken a page out of the Big 12 playbook.

Displeased with unfavorable state-court rulings, the conferences turned to federal court. For the Big 12, a federal lawsuit prompted Texas Tech to abandon a plan to play quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who had won an injunction against an NCAA-imposed gambling suspension. For the SEC, the lawsuit against LSU, coach Lane Kiffin, and others has a goal of keeping LSU from adding players who have been on NFL 90-man rosters.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Via Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports , the complaint alleges that LSU and…

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