The LSU Tigers players seem to be behind their team's addition of former professional players.
The LSU Tigers have been all over the news recently as they attempt to add a few former professional to their team ahead of the season beginning on Saturday. A large part of the pushback has been on the part of the players, but what do they think about it?
Local media had the chance to ask star tight end Trey'Dez Green for his thoughts on it on Tuesday. Given that one of the additions is also a tight end, Dae'Quan Wright, who will cut into Green's target share, he is a good person to ask.
"Coach asked us, with this being a player-led team, I was like, it's amazing to me," said Green. "Even if it means less catches, less yards, I'm all about just bringing a championship back to Baton Rouge, and Dae'Quan is amazing."
While a player would likely never come out publicly to speak against it as it's happening, everything that has come out has made it seem as though the Tigers really are fully behind this.
Quarterback Sam Leavitt also commented on the matter, stating that everybody in college football receives five years now, so he doesn't see what the big deal is. That's the whole focal point of the legal battle, as these players didn't know they would have had a fifth year when they declared.
Lane Kiffin has already come out to say that LSU's team leadership voted unanimously in favor of adding the players, and Green seemingly confirmed that. Another sign that his team really doesn't matter.
LouisianaSports.com's Matt Moscona has reported that the team had open roster spots, so no one is getting kicked off to make room, which was one of the biggest points against it.
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian went as far as to call adding the players "immoral" for costing people their spots who had worked all offseason. Now, since no one is getting kicked off, it should be less of an issue. While it will bring in more competition, players will still have the chance to earn playing time.
In the end, it seems as though these players recognize that making the moves would make the team even slightly better and help them in the goal of winning a championship. There would be an argument that the distraction would outweigh what they bring to the field, but if the team is fine with it, then there should be no issue.
Granted, there are likely players who aren't stars who have more of an issue, but that would be the case no matter who beats them out for playing time. It'll be interesting to watch how it unfolds within the team if these players do end up making it to the field.
