Inside the SEC's tangled legal battle with LSU and Lane Kiffin

Posted Sep 19, 2026
As LSU and the SEC found themselves locked in an unprecedented game of legal chicken over coach Lane Kiffin's plan to roster former NFL players this season, Kiffin routinely reached out to his friend, attorney Tom Mars, for legal advice. When Mars urged Kiffin to back down, the coach texted him screenshots of legal opinions from an unlikely source. ChatGPT. (ESPN)

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