Sunday, the Cleveland Browns waived Dae'Quan Wright. Within hours he became the first active NFL player to enter the college transfer portal, and his agent confirmed an agreement already in place to play this season at LSU. The door he walked through is a temporary restraining order out of Louisiana. Thirty-three athletes sued the NCAA over the five-year eligibility clock; sixteen are football players. The order lets men in NFL training camps return to college if they're released before September 1 — four days after NFL rosters cut to 53.
Sunday, the Cleveland Browns waived Dae'Quan Wright. Within hours he became the first active NFL player to enter the college transfer portal, and his agent confirmed an agreement already in place to play this season at LSU.
The door he walked through is a temporary restraining order out of Louisiana. Thirty-three athletes sued the NCAA over the five-year eligibility clock; sixteen are football players. The order lets men in NFL training camps return to college if they're released before September 1 — four days after NFL rosters cut to 53.
The most damning thing said about it came from the man who cut him. Browns head coach Todd Monken said he wondered why Lane Kiffin had reached out a week earlier. Now he knows. He didn't call back, and he guesses he should have. A head coach in the SEC called a head coach in the NFL about a player on an NFL roster.
Then take two: three former Rebels got that same court order — Wright, Zxavian Harris, Wydett Williams. Ole Miss brought back zero, and Pete Golding explained why. The segment reads his answer honestly rather than flattering it: that was roster math, not a moral stand. And it concedes the other side too — LSU is breaking no rule, and a court said the man is eligible.
And then the argument, stated plainly as opinion: LSU is a rogue program, and until somebody treats them like one they will keep leaning on every limit in this sport until there is nothing left of college athletics to push on. The presidents have to take control. If a professional football player takes one snap for LSU this season, vote them out of the SEC and hand the seat to Tulane.
And the part that should tell you something on its own: you only go shopping on an NFL waiver wire in the last week of August if you are not happy with your own roster. Ole Miss looked at its room and stood pat.
The one part worth being proud of: Pete Golding didn't do it.
CHAPTERS
0:00 — Cut Sunday, committed to LSU by Monday
0:27 — The Louisiana order, the NFL cut window, and the Monken quote
2:41 — Why Ole Miss passed, and why the presidents have to act
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Calling LSU a rogue program, and the proposal to remove them and seat Tulane, are the host's stated opinion and are labeled as such in the video. Everything else is sourced reporting.
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